Ode to Johnny Moon

A child's ghost. A mother's impossible choice. A truth buried for more than fifty years.

Set in the small Georgia town of Lake Gardner, Ode to Johnny Moon is a cozy-dark Southern mystery blending family secrets, suspense, and whispers of the supernatural.

Marnie Putnam thought accepting her psychic gift would be the hard part. Then her young son begins talking to the ghost of Johnny Moon, a ten-year-old boy whose tragic story has been buried since the summer of 1969. When Johnny also begins haunting Marnie's mother-in-law, Pearl, Marnie realizes this isn't a random visit. Johnny's unfinished story is tangled with Pearl's buried memories and her son's burgeoning psychic gift.

Following a trail of hazy recollections and unsettling psychic echoes, Marnie reconstructs Johnny's final days. Yet each step forward circles back to a question that terrifies her far more than any ghost: Can she help her son understand and accept his special gift without leading him toward a danger she can't protect him from?

As Marnie guides her son to understand the gift they share, together they help Pearl remember a childhood friendship shattered by ignorance, shame, and silence. While Johnny's life ended too soon, learning and sharing the truth, even fifty years later, lets him be seen, understood, and finally set free.

Because those who move into the light are never completely gone.

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Ode to Johnny Moon is Book No. 2 in the Marnie Putnam ~ Lake Gardner cozy-dark Southern mystery series. Blending family secrets, suspense, and whispers of the supernatural, it's set in a quaint Georgia town called Lake Gardner. Perfect for fans of Karen White, Barbara Davis, and Diane Chamberlain.