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Picture the Dead

  • 2010 first published
  • 262 pages
  • ★ 4.6 (7 ratings)

Published in 2010, Picture the Dead is a paranormal romance and ghost story novel by Adele Griffin. The story is set in United States, during Civil War, 1861–1865. Readers will find themes of orphans, love and ghosts.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 14 more have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 262 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About Picture the Dead

After Jennie Lovell's fiance , Will, is killed during the Civil War, she forms an alliance with a spirit photographer and uses her ability to talk to the dead to investigate the secrets Will was hiding and how he really died.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • American Civil War, 1861-1865 fast, OCoLCfst01351658
  • Ghost stories
  • Romance fiction
  • Orphans
  • Mystery fiction
  • Love
  • Ghosts
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Romance-language fiction
  • Love stories
  • Children's fiction
  • United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Picture the Dead?

Picture the Dead was written by Adele Griffin and first published in 2010.

What genre is Picture the Dead?

It is usually shelved as Paranormal Romance and Ghost Stories.

How long is Picture the Dead?

The median edition has 262 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Picture the Dead?

Readers who like it often enjoy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3 and A Christmas Carol.

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