Ashes of Betrayal

Most seven-year-olds who see ghosts are the stars of a horror movie, trembling under the covers as spirits haunt their halls. But Ruby isn’t a victim, and she isn’t afraid of the dark. In this house, the dead don't terrorize the living—they work for them. When her abusive father fakes his suicide to escape his debts and his family, he expects to leave behind a grieving widow and a helpless orphan. Instead, he’s left a master poisoner and a pint-sized commander of the deceased. This isn’t a story about being haunted; it’s a darkly satiric revenge thriller about two survivors who realize that in a world of debt and domestic cruelty, the only thing more dangerous than a vengeful ghost is a little girl who knows exactly where you hid the gold.