Ghost

The Justice Chronicles Book 1

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Pub Date 22 Oct 2020 | Archive Date 27 Nov 2020

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Description

Best-selling, award-winning author and master storyteller Michael Jack Webb weaves a Supernatural Serial Killer tale like none you’ve ever read.

Enter a world where nothing is what it appears to be, and every clue leads an extraordinary young woman deep into the heart of darkness and beyond.  

Kate Justice, FBI’s youngest Profiler, is assigned to find a serial killer with supernatural abilities.  

The killer is elusive, cunning, and seemingly invincible. 

Kate races against time to discover who or what is behind the gruesome murders and prevent another brutal killing. 

She soon fears she’s in over her head as stunning revelations about her mysterious ancestry surface.  

Hunter becomes the prey as the Ghost in the Darkness killer plays a vicious cat and mouse game, drawing Kate into a deadly confrontation. 

Uncovering the truth will challenge her beliefs about the world around her and her understanding of what is real, what is a myth, and what is something in between. 

Book 1 of The Justice Chronicles will leave you breathless, wanting more...  

Best-selling, award-winning author and master storyteller Michael Jack Webb weaves a Supernatural Serial Killer tale like none you’ve ever read.

Enter a world where nothing is what it appears to...


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"Packed with factoids and religious/supernatural lore from a variety of religions all woven together around the hunt for a serial killer, and mysterious occurrences for the main characters. Really covers a lot of ground and I like the focus on Native American beliefs that kind of centers everything throughout the story. Definite quirky and slightly out-of-the ordinary lead characters, but that is actually part of the plan."

"Packed with factoids and religious/supernatural lore from a variety of religions all woven together around the hunt for a serial killer, and mysterious occurrences for the main characters. Really...


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Kate is one of the FBI’s top profilers, possibly one of the best ever. She is known for her unconventional methods for finding killers. However, the Ghost in the Darkness killer is stretching her abilities to the max.

This is by far one of the best thrillers I have read to date. The paranormal aspect makes it all the more enthralling. I found it entertaining, eerie and educational. I was especially excited to find it is a clean book free of foul language and sex scenes. It doesn’t lack in violence however. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good serial killer thriller and/or the paranormal. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!

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"Do you believe vampires are real?" I was captivated by the story!
Ghost (The Justice Chronicles Book 1) by author Michael Jack Webb is the first in a new series. FBI Profiler Kate Justice is recovering from a traumatic experience that is medically impossible. During her last case, she was mortally injured and pronounced dead. She woke up four hours later and it has taken her several months to recover physically and emotionally. Kate knows she has a gift that has served her well as she profiles cases.
It is two weeks until she turns thirty and her parents have gone missing from their home. Kate has questions about the Ft Collins Detective who came to her home when she reported her parents as missing. Her parents have told her there is vital information they have to share with her on her birthday. Soon Kate will uncover shocking information about her life and purpose for the future.
Kate has recently been asked to come back to her unit and help solve the case she had started the previous year. The 'Ghost in the Darkness' serial killer is leaving a string of murdered and mutilated victims who are between ages eight and eleven. Kate requests that Detective Chris Remington be allowed to partner with her on the case. The investigation thrusts Kate and Chris into chilling paranormal situations that defy explanation.
I won't post spoilers, but this book is fast-paced, suspenseful, and filled with historical passages from the Bible and legends from the ancient tribes of Native Americans in the Colorado and New Mexico areas.
I read this book continuously from start to finish in one afternoon and evening. I do think if a reader is not familiar with Biblical scriptures, they may feel a bit lost. I have read the Christian Bible many times and I am familiar with the passages used in Ghost. Personally, I am thrilled to read a suspenseful book that delves into the supernatural forces which the bible teaches are present in our world. I anxiously await the next book in the series. *(There are a few edits which could be made)
Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

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this was a great start to a series, it was a great mystery novel with interesting characters. I enjoyed going on this journey.

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Ghost


First off, the scene is an operating room with the dead body of a young woman who'd been killed by a serial killer who was responsible for killing seven young boys. The emergency room personnel had tried to save her life but didn't, Kate suddenly realized the girl on the table was her double - but she was an only child - then she woke up!
Kate goes home to her parents house, greets them, and takes a long bath - when she goes downstairs, her parents are gone and there is a trail of blood to the refrigerator.
Kate, a year ago had been a Criminal profiler who was investigating the case of a serial killer who had killed 7 young boys and then had kidnapped Kate, blindfolded her, gouged her and shot her dead with her own weapon. She was pronounced dead and then resurrected 4 hours later!
A detective named Chris arrives at her parents house to volunteer to help Kate find her parents - he has sparkling amber colored "wolf" eyes that can see well in dark places, Amber herself has red eyes like an albino with double eyelashes.
Chris and Kate are investigating the murder of a couple when Chris startles Kate by telling her that he is a seer.....

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In this book we follow Kate who is an FBI agent, who has a reputation that precedes her as of the best there has been. Her most recent case is trying to apprehend the 'Ghost in the Darkness Killer' but all is not as it seems. Kate has a strange heritage unbeknownst to her and this has caused her to go from the hunter to the hunted. After a brush with death and a year sabbatical, she is forced to return to work after her parents go missing. After the police take her statement, a mysterious detective turns up at her door and they crack the case together.

The premise of this book is very interesting and is clearly well researched. There is a lot of general, historical, cultural and Biblical knowledge all throughout the book. I found this very fitting for the book as they're cracking a criminal case and so the knowledge displayed was relevant and woven in well into the story. At some points I didn't know where this book was going, I must admit it got stranger and stranger delving more into the supernatural.

Unfortunately, what I liked about the book is also what I disliked about the book at some points especially in the beginning. This book is extremely detail-orientated and you are inundated with a lot of information and there's also a lot of over explanation. I said earlier that this was fitting for the book and it was, in the criminal aspect. However, sometimes it really was not necessary. I'll give two examples, Kate gave an extremely detailed explanation of how Sudoku works, I mean it was around half a page or more long and it didn't connect to anything later in the book. Secondly when she and Chris were in a house, she described the floors as being 1/4" sawn wood. This happens in almost every new place they go she describes these things in such depth so this book can get a bit heavy at times.

Furthermore, in Kate and Chris' dialogue there is a bunch of general knowledge thrown in and sometimes I was thinking PLEASE can we have a normal conversation. I'll give one example of this. Chris said to Kate something along the lines of " Penny for your thoughts?" and Kate proceeds to explain the entire origin of this phrase. It was just too much at times and happens often.

Nonetheless, I did enjoy this book, the author does well to make sure that all the the knowledge shared is relevant to the case and to the story, so while it is too much at times - especially added with the over-explanation of things not relevant to the case - it's not irrelevant.

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This was an amazing thrilling book, it had your basic police thriller intertwined with supernatural and native American mythology and legends.
I don't think I've read such a book, that took my breath away in the way this book did, for a very long time. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
I hadn't even heard of Michael Jack Webb before, now I need to read more by him.
Thank you netgalley.

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A young detective visits the victim of a serial crime in a hospital and even as she dies, does not register that the body on the gurney is hers, before being dragged down into a hellish underworld.

Fast-forward to the celebration of a milestone birthday with her beloved parents, and our heroine Katharine Justice falls asleep in the bath, only to discover that her parents have vanished into thin air.

There are the opening scenes of the forthcoming quest of Justice to catch the serial killer who had originally killed her, as well as to find her missing parents. She gets help: on reporting her parents as missing, another detective is to quickly bond with her as they join forces.

This is a supernatural thriller, where Justice discovers that she has a great destiny to play against the forces of Evil, though in this first volume, only so much of that is given away. She is certainly and mysteriously very well provided for.

Amidst the great danger that surrounds her and her new ally, Kate and Chris live glamourously, dining on top-notch home cooking, as well as at the hotel made famous in Stephen King's The Shining. This writer does not mind referring to the authorship of other gothic horror writers either.

The supernatural elements include references from the Bible and from Amerindian Shamanism. The evil on this case originates from the Mesopotamian era.

The writer appears to be well-read in many spheres, the jacket and page design also contribute to an overall impression of classiness, and this first volume hints at a great deal of promise. However, there are many questions here that are not answered - this writer clearly wants to keep their readership on tenterhooks for the next. There may well be sound marketing merit in that, though it might have been more satisfying if this story could have worked just as well as a standalone too. It also makes it more difficult to judge if the writer will on fact be consistent in revealing all the secrets put out here in the future.

Still, this definitely good quality fare.

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An absolutely terrific read, I had a lot of fun with this story and am definitely looking forward to another all-nighter when book two comes out. For now, I get to go check out some of Mr. Webb's previous novels, looks like my evening just got a whole lot more interesting.

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Ghost
The Justice Chronicles Book 1
by Michael Jack Webb
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Christian | Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 22 Oct 2020


I am reviewing a copy of Ghost through Books Go Social and Netgalley:


Kate Justice is the FBI’s youngest profiler and she has been assigned to find serial killers with supernatural abilities.




The killer is cunning, elusive and seems to be invincible.



Kate finds herself having to race against time to discover who or what is behind the gruesome murders and prevent another brutal killing. She soon fears she’s in over her head as stunning revelations about her mysterious ancestry surface.



Soon Hunter became the prey as the Ghost in the Darkness killer plays a vicious cat and mouse game, drawing Kate into a deadly confrontation.


Kate must uncover the truth will challenge her beliefs about the world around her and her understanding of what is real, what is a myth, and what is something in between.


This is a powerfully written novel!


I give Ghost five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

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Kate Justice discovers hidden truths about her own past as well as the war between good and evil that has been raging for millennia.
This was a real page-turner. If you are into Christian fiction then this is a good read.
There's also an amazing amount of trivia (which you can skip through if it's not your thing) and a lot of background about the Bible, ancient civilizations and Native American culture.
As a Christian I found some of the logic suspect... which I won't go into here. But if you keep an open mind that this is fiction after all, it is definitely entertaining!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the free copy.

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I wasn’t sure what to expect from this but found there was a bit too much information overload in places. Saying that some of it was interesting and I did enjoy reading this book. It came across as a mixture of the supernatural and a thriller with an interesting plot line. It delved into the realms of crimes perpetuated by a possible serial killer with ritual and macabre features.
The characters are well formed and for the most part realistic. The locations reflect well with the situations the characters find themselves facing . I would be interested to find out what happens next .. Could see this as tv series plot.

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