"Living with the Dead introduces clairvoyants to the Otherworld series."

By: Kelley Armstrong

Genres: Paranormal - Supernatural | Fantasy Urban | Romance Paranormal

Posted: February 25, 2009

Kelley Armstrong brings us the eighth novel in the Women of the Otherworld series. This time, the main character is a human, Robyn Peltier, who works as a PR consultant to Portia Kane, celebutante wannabe. Robyn is grieving her husband's recent death, and constant work for the demanding Portia Kane keeps her mind off of her own problems. Hope Adams, Robyn's best friend and chaos demon, is coming for a visit. When Portia is gunned down in a nightclub, and Robyn is accused of the murder, Hope sees that things aren't really what they seem to the mundane world. Robyn is hurled into a world she has never known. Now Robyn, with the help of Hope and her werewolf boyfriend Karl, needs to dodge the police and the murder to prove her own innocence in a world she doesn't understand.

In LIVING WITH THE DEAD Armstrong introduces clairvoyants into the Otherworld. The clairvoyants live in constant fear the that Cabals will hunt them down, so they live, commune style, in remote locations. The antagonist in this book, Adele, is fantastic. Her ego is so large that she can't imagine anyone can thwart her. She is dark, twisted and dangerous. And as more things go wrong for her, the more evil she gets. I love the entire Otherworld series, and have from the first book. I can't wait until the next installment.

Book Summary

They’re smart, sexy, and supernatural. They’re the men and women of the Otherworld—a realm of witches, ghosts, and werewolves who live unseen among us. Only now a reckless killer has torn down the wall, trapping one very human woman in the supernatural cross fire.

Robyn Peltier moved to Los Angeles after her young husband’s sudden death, trying to put some distance between herself and her memories. Though she’s still grieving, the challenges of her new life as the PR consultant to Portia Kane—the world’s most famous celebutante wannabe—can sometimes be amusing, even distracting. But when her client is gunned down in the back room of a nightclub, Robyn is suddenly on the run as the prime suspect in the murder.

And as more bodies pile up around her, it seems like only Hope Adams, Robyn’s best friend, and Hope’s somewhat spooky boyfriend Karl are on Robyn’s side. Hope Adams follows the kinds of stories whose headlines scream from supermarket checkout lines. But the difference is that Hope’s stories are even weirder— and they’re all true.

Though determined to help Robyn, Hope knows it’s only a matter of time before her friend is caught.

But it’s not the police Hope is worried about. For Robyn has gotten herself in the middle of a turf war between two powerful Otherworld cabals who’ll spill any amount of blood—human and inhuman—to protect what they consider theirs for all eternity. And the only way Hope can keep her friend alive is by letting her enter a world she’s safer knowing nothing about.

Living With The Dead by Kelley Armstrong

Living With The Dead

by: Kelley Armstrong

Women Of The Otherworld #9

Spectra
November 1, 2008
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Featuring: Robyn Peltier; Hope Adams; Karl
384 pages
ISBN: 0553806645
EAN: 9780553806649
Hardcover

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