I enjoyed this book. It's part mystery, part supernatural, and very compassionate without being too touchy-feely. Murray is a loner with a mother who's either high or with strange men all the time, so he started spending a lot of time in the local cemetary. Turns out he can talk to the people who are buried there, and he becomes friends with several of them. Then he begins to hear a faint voice who is calling for help, and he gets scared. Meanwhile, an officer is tracking a missing person case. Other compelling characters are also prominent and either add to the case or provide red herrings. ( )

Kearsten says: This was okay. The idea is pretty cool, although it's very reminicent of Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, which is MUCH better done.

There are a lot of characters (at least six) to keep track of - all of whom get their own point-of-view chapters - and in trying to give them all a voice, the author ends up blending them all together. None of them have a very distinctive voice. In fact, two of the characters are police officers of a sort and I had a VERY hard time keeping them straight.

The story gets unecessarily convoluted, and the ending is a bit of a cheat, but Murray (the boy who speaks to ghosts) is an appealing character. ( )

This was okay. The idea is pretty cool, although it's very reminicent of Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Charlaine Harris' *very* adult Harper Connelly series, both of which are MUCH better done.

There are a lot of characters (at least six) to keep track of - all of whom get their own point-of-view chapters - and in trying to give them all a voice, the author ends up blending them all together. None of them have a very distinctive voice. In fact, two of the characters are police officers of a sort and I had a VERY hard time keeping them straight.

The story gets unecessarily convoluted, and the ending is a bit of a cheat, but Murray (the boy who speaks to ghosts) is an appealing character. ( )

I really liked Dead Connection. It took me a couple of chapters to really get into the book. At first, you are presented with what seems like separate stories that don't connect in any way. Soon though come to realize that the individuals we are learning about are connected in more way than one. ( )

We all have seen a Murray Kiefer around school. He is the kid who is made fun of, is into weird things, and has very low self esteem. Price turns Murray into the protagonist hero, by giving him a special attribute. This book is sure to keep the reader guessing who is after Murray, and who really hid Nikki Parker. ( )