Read Chapter One of ‘The Girl Who Speaks To The Dead’ by Jon Colt

Releasing 16th August 2025, The Girl Who Speaks to the Dead is a dark supernatural thriller and the first novel in a brand new series.

Blurb

Astrid is a thirteen-year-old girl with a powerful gift. She can talk to the dead. When her and her mom move to a sleepy town to escape their shattered city life, they hope for a clean start – but they’re about to find anything but.

Cole, the local deputy, is out to impress his sheriff, who is out-of-action whilst recovering from cancer. So when a girl goes missing in the county, Cole will go to any length to find her – including employing the help of a teenage medium.

Meanwhile, two dangerous criminals arrive in the area. They’re looking for something. Something only a dead man knows where to find. And in their desperation, they’ll resort to brutal, violent means in order to contact him.