Play Book Tag discussion

Jamie Conklin has always had a special talent although it is not one that he particularly wants. Jamie sees dead people. He not only sees them but can carry on conversations with them but their voices and appearance begins to fade after a day or two. For some reason ghosts are required to tell the truth and Jamie soon learns that he can find out valuable information especially in the case of murder. This fact puts Jamie in extreme danger when an unsavory police detective realizes how she can use Jamie to her advantage.

I enjoyed this fairly short story (at least by King's standards) about good vs. evil. Jamie is one smart young man and one the reader roots for all along the way. The rest of the characters are interesting: his mother is nearly overwhelmed with pressure to provide for her son, care for her institutionalized brother and revive her publishing career; the female police detective starts out fairly nice but soon falls down a dark hole of greed; an elderly neighbor who advises Jamie when Jamie has no where else to turn. All in all it's a good story.