Heather Graham's Explosive Spirits

In Heather Graham's newest thriller, The Dead Room, archeologist Leslie MacIntyre is caught between the living and the dead. She barely survived an explosion in Manhattan that killed her fianc, Matt Connolly. But since that terrible time, MacIntyre gained a disturbing ability to communicate with ghosts.

At night, her fianc speaks to her in her dreams.

A year later, MacIntyre returns to the fatal New York scene to investigate a newly discovered burial ground at Hastings House where the explosion occurred. Not only does the team of archeologists uncover ancient bodies but some of the bodies are far too contemporary. MacIntyre faces a deadly design that threatens the city's women, including MacIntyre herself.

At night, her fianc speaks to her in her dreams, warning her, offering clues to the truth...

Asked if she believes in ghosts, Graham hesitates and says she likes to think that there's something more.

"Everybody has a ghost story," she says. "You wouldn't believe how many people come up to me at book signings and tell me their ghost stories--the straightest looking people, dressed in conservative business suits. It's amazing."

Graham, who grew up in Miami, says she's also fascinated by how much is old and underground in Manhattan. "One thing I love about New York," says Graham, "It's a huge city, so modern, yet there's Trinity, St. Paul's. It's where George Washington said goodbye to his troops. It's phenomenally historic. In Miami, we don't have that."

Heather Graham is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She has published more than 100 books in different genres and is the recipient of RWA lifetime Achievement Award. Her work has been translated into twenty languages. Though she started off performing in dinner theaters, after the birth of her third child, she stayed home and began writing. Graham has five children and lives in Miami, FL. She is a Killerette in the world famous Thriller Killer Band.