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The House on Tradd Street | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen White
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 6017
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0451225090
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780451225092
ASIN: 0451225090
Publication Date: November 4, 2008
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Product Description
A brilliant, chilling series debut, featuring a Charleston real estate agent who loves old housesand the secret histories inside them.
Practical Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But shes going to have to accept it. An old man she recently met has died, leaving her his historic Tradd Street home, complete with housekeeper, dogand a family of ghosts anxious to tell her their secrets.
Enter Jack Trenholm, a gorgeous writer obsessed with unsolved mysteries. He has reason to believe that diamonds from the Confederate Treasury are hidden in the house. So he turns the charm on with Melanie, only to discover hes the smitten one...
It turns out Jacks search has caught the attention of a malevolent ghost. Now, Jack and Melanie must unravel a mystery of passion, heartbreakand even murder.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Absolutely LOVED this book! January 4, 2009
Murder and romance in an old haunted mansion south of Broad in Charleston, SC, was the perfect book for my introduction to author Karen White. Melanie Middleton is a highly successful realtor with all her ducks in a row until she inherits the house on Tradd Street and meets the perfect man in Jack Trenholm---plus a few unsettled spirits. The plot is loaded with mystery, suspense, romance and treasure. Miss Middleton is charming and engaging as an intelligent, yet vulnerable heroine. Her handling of her estrangements with her parents and her deep sense of responsibility to her benefactor make her believable and delightful. I can't wait for # 2 in this series scheduled for November 2009!
A Surprisingly Complex, Intriguing, and Suspenseful Read January 2, 2009
This book is rife with so many issues and themes that it could have easily become a tangled, unreadable mess. The fact that Karen White was able to deftly handle each and every plot is a testament to her talent as a writer. She was able to tackle everything from ghosts (both of the benevolent and evil varieties) to treasure, betrayals, love, abandonment, and even how one goes about restoring an old house to its former splendor.
Through all of that, White managed to create characters that are deeply flawed, yet also realistic, and the reader winds up truly caring about them as they navigate through traumas and obstacles that not only creep up on them in present day, but also those that befell them in the past.
Even as they deal with pain and loss, their likability shines through, which leads to quite a bit of humor throughout the book. Case in point - the story's protagonist is, on the surface, all about strict organization and efficiency, and the reader quickly finds out that this is part of the defense mechanism that she's relied upon since her incredibly troubled childhood. A less talented writer would have made it pretty difficult to care about Melanie, but White imbues her with so much snark, humor, and quirks - i.e. her love of spreadsheets is second only to her utter devotion to sugar in all of its various forms - that the reader quickly becomes invested in her and her relationships as she deals with (amongst other things) a multitude of ghosts and her desire to solve the mystery of a family's tumultuous, tragic past.
Then, too, Jack is an excellent foil for Melanie. Rather than merely being an exceptionally attractive playboy writer, his charm and humor endear him to readers as he interacts with Melanie, and tries to solve a mystery or two of his own, while he's still reeling from an event that caused him a great deal of emotional pain.
This book was very good on any number of levels - it's both funny and sad at times; the multiple mysteries are all interesting and suspenseful; and the ghosts run the gamut from being heartwarming to exceedingly creepy and dangerous. It is truly a great book, and the only downside to it is that, according to the pages at the book's end, we have to wait quite awhile until the next installment of Melanie and Jack's adventures is released.
 Typos, anyone? January 2, 2009
The concept behind the novel is interesting and the setting and basic storyline are intriguing; however, the novel has way too many typos and leaves a bit to be desired. I was disappointed that a love affair never materializes between Melanie and Jack. The writing style is not stellar, although it was entertaining and what I would term a 'cheap' read. I hate to sound like a pretentious book snob, but the writing style exhibited in this novel just didn't have the characteristic marks of a great writer in the making....I was entertained though!
Too much angst, not enough dog December 30, 2008
Other than a somewhat transparent plot (did anyone else want to scream out Nevin's nickname 80 pages before they finally figured it out?) I guess it wasn't too bad a read. However a perfectly good dog was wasted on the story line. Too bad she didn't give him more time (especially since he appeared the smartest one of the entire cast).
The editing was sloppy at best (Melanie went from being left handed to right; within one page the group went from sitting at the diner counter to a booth then ended up back at the counter; the spelling of her nickname went from Mellie to Melly then back yet again). Shoddy editing is inexcusable.
I was also somewhat disappointed in Sophie's apparent ignorance of astrology. She used it as an excuse to keep Chad at a distance because of their Gemini and Capricorn Sun signs respectively. She gave no consideration to having their charts done for comparison (who knows...she may have a Capricorn ascendant or Moon or he might have a Gemini ascendant or Moon or any other combination of aspects that would render them compatible). It seemed so totally out of character for her, especially considering her in-depth knowledge of everything else she approaches.
Let's hope General Lee gets more coverage in Ms. White's next go-round.
It will make a believer of you December 29, 2008
If you're not a believer in ghosts, you'll change your mind after you read Karen's latest best seller contender. The House on Tradd Street has everything you look for in a great read. Wonderfully portrayed characters who are so multifaceted they literally jump off the pages. A story that is so entertaining that you can't stop turning pages until it's done. And last but not least the writing is first class.
No one tells a story like Karen White and if you've read her before you'll know what I mean and if you haven't, well what are you waiting for.
As our story begins top real estate seller, Melanie Middleton has just inherited a run down Charleston mansion and you guessed it, it's haunted. In steps bestselling author and hunk Jack Trenholm who offers help to Melanie to restore the falling down house. Melanie has more to worry about than just a too handsome partner, she has family issues she doesn't want to deal with but finds impossible not to and secrets are being revealed and mysteries about the house and it's past occupants abound. And if that's not enough she has another beau that's vying for her attention. Now all she has to do is solve the mystery and stay alive and sane.
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