The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson

My most recent "read" was actually a latest listen.  I picked it up from the library and have been listening to if for the past couple of weeks.  The premise sounded good - eerie, and perfect for my morning rides to work.  Here it is:

Laurel, sees ghosts.  Growing up and until she moved to her gated Florida home with her video-game designing husband, she would often see her uncle Marty - shot down, unexpectedly and accidentally by her father when she was 10.  She would also see the ghost of another uncle's foot, amputated due to diabetes.  One night, in her current life, she sees the ghost of a girl from her bedroom window.  When the little girl leads Laurel into her backyard and to the swimming pool where a body is floating, the life that Laurel had built starts to fall apart.  Though the police think the drowning was an accident, Laurel believes different and sets out to prove that there is more to the story.  She enlists the help of her older sister, Thalia, whose life is altogether different from Laurel and who doens't mind mocking Laurel's happiness.  As the plot thickens and things become clearer, the unbelievable becomes reality and things in Laurel's life begin to seem less than perfect.

I REALLY liked this book.  I've found that often times when I get a book on CD, the book itself can have a great plot and story line but the reader can ruin it all with they're own interpretation of the characters.  In this case, the author herself read the book and gave a perfect voice to every character.  I was surprisingly thrilled to have liked this book as much as I did and would recommend it (in hand or by ear) to anyone.  Read it!  Great mystery, great surprises, great characters.