mousy and shy to the point of agoraphobic em moore is the writing half of a celebrity biography team her charismatic partner teddy does the interviewing and the public schmoozing but ems dependence on teddy runs deeper than just the jobteddy is her bridge to the world and the main source of love in her life so when teddy dies in a car accident em is devastated alone in a world she doesnt understand the only way she can honor his memory and cope with his loss is to finish the interviews for their current bookan autobiography of renowned and reclusive film director garrett malcolmensconced in a small cottage near malcolms cape cod home em slowly builds the courage to interview malcolm the way teddy would have she finds malcolm at once friendlier more intimidating and much sexier than she had imagined but em soon starts hearing whispers of skeletons in the malcolm family closet and then the police begin looking into the accident that killed teddy and ems control on her lifetenuous at bestis threatenedin the perfect ghost a stunning breakout novel from the beloved author of the carlotta carlyle mystery series linda barnes slowly winds the strings tighter and tighter leading the reader ever more deeply into the lives of her characters with pitchperfect pacing and mesmerizing prose