In this book, a bloody fingerprint was one of the key pieces of evidence that convicted someone of that long ago murder. My only problem with the book was a jarring bit of inaccurate historical fact from the trail in 1890. The author takes us back and forth in time with vivid descriptions and multi-dimensional characters in both time periods. At the same time Jordan stands accused of murdering her husband and must find the real murderer to clear her own name. Jordan discovers the house is haunted by ghosts who want her to solve a murder from 1890. The main character, Jordan, has just purchased an old victorian house in dire need of restoration. Both storylines occur in a small coastal town on the Washington State coast.
Alderman's "Haunting Jordan" and immediately went and ordered the 2nd in the series, "Ghost Ship"! The author has managed to weave two storylines in this first book in the series one taking place in the present, and one in 1890. Marina Fiorato, who writes about strong female characters with settings in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries combines excellent historical figure research of actual people, some embellishments on details, a good story line and even some romantic connections. So I would say check out other authors that have mystery, intrigue, and have their main characters better defined with more insights into the human condition, because both this and it's companion second book seem simplistic. Her romantic interest was a similar character and all of the people in this book seemed only two dimensional and lacking in complexity. I felt that although the book was entertaining in many aspects it lacked insights into the psychological make up of people and as such the main character became wish washy and unfocused.
The main character seemingly could not decide how she would approach various situations and then would rigidly establish behavior plans for herself that she had no intention of keeping. She seemed often naive and unobservant to human nature and castigated herself for seeing and conversing with ghosts. This one is sometimes just a little patronizing to the reader's intelligence by repeating what the main character felt and her actions as a therapist from LA and not some small town in Washington State. I liked P J Alderman's books about the Columbia River and the woman who was the barge guide a little better.
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