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    "description": "<p>WHEN GHOSTS TALK<br /> SHE WILL LISTEN<br /><br /> Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker &ndash; and they sure do love to talk. Now she speaks to Edinburgh&rsquo;s dead, carrying messages to those they left behind. A girl&rsquo;s gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone&rsquo;s bewitching children &ndash; leaving them husks, empty of joy and strength. It&rsquo;s on Ropa&rsquo;s patch, so she feels honor-bound to investigate. But what she learns will rock her world.<br /><br /> Ropa will dice with death as she calls on Zimbabwean magic and Scottish pragmatism to hunt down clues. And although underground Edinburgh hides a wealth of dark secrets, she also discovers an occult library, a magical mentor and some unexpected allies.<br /><br />Yet as shadows lengthen, will the hunter become the hunted?</p>",
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