The Ghost of Fannie Guthry-Baehm: A Murder Mystery

by Jonathan Faulkner

The setting is Seward, Alaska, a scenic and coastal port town that hosts Alaska’s oldest and most celebrated historic hotel—the Van Gilder. Fannie Guthry-Baehm was murdered in room 201 in 1950, and her ghost has been witnessed by many over the years.Against the backdrop of legislative corruption and a harrowing snowstorm, a cast of colorful characters find themselves embroiled in an unfolding murder mystery.Fannie the ghost does not engage the evils of the past but those yet to be committed. She does not intimidate the guilty with the redundant thud of a telltale heart but flickers and fades in the minds of evil intent so as to deter the passion and prompt the tempted to reflect on their schemes.Who will solve the crime? The no-nonsense chief of police, Mike Callahan, or the mystic healer, Juliet? Perhaps Fannie herself will invite a confession. Evidence and testimony assume new meaning as facts and faith collide and as the “chief” embarks on a journey of self-discovery that will grip you until the end.

308 pages, Paperback

Published December 24, 2018