Georgia's Ghostly Getaways
By Kathleen Walls  

Mystery Writer Finds Real-Life Settings

A Spooky Guide to Places Little Known Outside of Georgia

     Those interested in the paranormal usually take off for far away places like Stone Henge or like New Orleans, if they're staying closer to home. Kathleen Walls has written a book that will give them new material to ponder, new places to go. It's called Georgia's Ghostly Getaways. Georgia? Who would have guessed?

     This book is divided into areas or districts. A reader might read this book for the fun of it or for the research of it and then, if they can only give over a few days for a romp among specters, choose a specific locale in Georgia to explore. An example is the Americus and Plains, Ga., area where Jimmy Carter grew up and where the Habitat for Humanity was birthed. If you read Carter's book, Why Not the Best? you'd know about a house that haunted his memory, but you might not put that knowledge to work in a way that would result in a trip to the region.

     Walls is the mystery writer of Last Step fame. She gives all the ghostly possibilities for this rural region, plus helpful contacts, including telephone numbers and some websites at the end of the book, just as she does with all the chapters. She covers everyplace from genteel Savannah, "Georgia's Hostess City", to the "Bloody Fields of War."

     Georgia's Ghostly Getaways is well researched. The credits at the back of the book might even serve as a guide of sorts for a traveler destined to experience the spirits and specters of our American South. The book rings with phrases like "Man in Black" and "Whispers Coffee House." Brrrrr. What fun for those so inclined!