Odd Thomas

Odd Thomas and his traveling companion, Annamaria, think they have found a haven in Roseland, a magnificent West Coast property, but the manor has deep secrets and mysteries that make it more hell than haven.

"Two years after the cataclysmic events that sent him journeying into mystery, Odd Thomas, the intrepid fry cook who sees the dead and tries to help them, has traveled full circle, back to his beloved home town of Pico Mundo and the people he loves. He has come to save them--and perhaps humanity--from the full flowering of evil it is his destiny to confront, as he draws ever closer to the truth of the world and his place in it. Stronger, wiser than he started, and with the help of the friends he has made along the way, Odd prepares to confront the terrible forces arrayed against him and possibly to journey still farther, to his long-awaited reunion with his lost love, Stormy Llewellyn"--Provided by publisher.

Odd Thomas, a resident of St. Bartholomew's Abbey, uses his unique ability to resolve mysteries and prevent future tragedies. When he follows some ghosts to one of the monastery's rooms for handicapped children, Odd discovers that he only has a couple of days to find out what kind of danger they are in. Thus, Odd begins conducting interviews with the members of the monastery, hoping to stop the imminent threat.

Odd Thomas communicates with the dead and serves as an ambassador between the living world and the other side. When an old friend disappears, Odd embarks on a search that results in the discovery of something much more terrifying than death.