"First in a series!" Of course it is! Why write a bunch of original one-off novels when you can retread the same characters and the same story over and endlessly over again. Publishers and agents will love you for that. Yawn. If you don't have at least a trilogy through, you can fuck off and die, because that's simply not good enough! All authors know this. So, "Billie wakes from a coma with an extraordinary ability: She can see and communicate with departed souls." Never read that description ever before! "When a detective shows up seeking answers about a murder case, can she piece together the dreadful secrets the dead whisper to her day and night?" Can she? Well duhh! And why would an intelligent detective want a psychic to help when they never, ever, ever, ever have in real life?! I'll bet the dead can never name the killer up front, either, in this series. I'll bet all they have is the vaguest of clues so the psychic is practically of no use whatsoever to the detective. Yawn.
