What do you do when the body of the young girl you had secretly desired rises from the dead and demands you have sex with her? Peter Wesley doesn't know, but is soon to find out. White Crow is due to record their first album next Monday. But then Peter receives word that the object of his obsession, his nubile teenage stepsister Renée, has crashed her sports car into a pine tree, killing her instantly. His plans with White Crow and concern for his mother clash and throw his mind into a maze of conflicting emotions. What to do? What to do? Then Renée’s naked ghost makes an appearance, and that settles the matter. Something has gone terribly wrong, and his mother may be in danger. Indeed, everything that is important to him may be in danger. Peter packs up his fiancée Diana and dutifully heads home to Lake Foley for the funeral and the commencement of the Seven Day Viewing—a macabre Silverstone custom marked with traditions from a bygone era, rituals rooted in their mysterious New Orleans origins. Then Renée’s body has problems staying dead . . . . Peter Wesley begins to unravel the mystery with the help of Renée’s spirit, who visits him in dreams, and the help of a paranormal investigator who videotapes Renée’s dead body sitting up in her coffin and discussing the matter. Then, when Peter thought things couldn't get any worse, Diana mysteriously disappears. And so does Renée’s body, which apparently got up and walked out of the mausoleum. Peter must find them both, somewhere deep in the thick woods surrounding the Silverstone estate. If he fails, Diana will die, and Renée’s soul will be forever trapped in the void .
 

Reviews:
 As an editor, I see dozens of manuscripts each week. Stay Dead! proves James C. Dunavant's talent is stellar and limitless and this is one new author to watch out for!

 —Sari Mathes, Writing Services Unlimited™