Praise for Rituals.. "A suspenseful crime story with just a hint of something otherworldly." -Booklist Faye Longchamp doesn't believe in ghosts, but she's an archaeologist-dead people are her life. Working in Rosebower, a small New York town founded by Spiritualists, Faye is surrounded by people who talk to the dead regularly. So when influential Spiritualist Tilda Armistead invites Faye and her daughter to commune with the dead, she can't say no. An hour later, Tilda is dead. The evidence shows a small room, its one door nailed shut, and the house set afire. Yet Tilda escaped and drove for miles before dying in Faye's arms. How? And why? As Faye watches psychics and charlatans jockey for power, Tilda's sister, Myrna, is slowly dying.... Mary Anna Evans' many awards include the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Florida Literature Award, the Mississippi Author Award in fiction, and three medals from the Florida Book Awards. www.maryannaevans.com