Nominated for a 2011 African-American Literary Award
Albany Detective Brianna “Bree” Morris is having the year from hell. A sadistic admirer has been stalking her for months and now her friend Cheyenne Wilson has been beaten and left for dead.
With her ex-lover and faithful partner, Steven Kemp, Bree thrusts herself into the case. It’s not long before they believe two unrelated British men are connected to the attack. Michael is a womanizing artist with a ferocious appetite for rough sex. Simon is a wealthy free spirit looking for love in all the wrong places, but has one too many skeletons in his closet.
Bree struggles to determine fact from fiction when it comes to Michael and Simon but her attempts are blurred by Michael's manipulation and her sexual attraction to Simon, who Steven’s convinced cannot be trusted.
Meanwhile the stalker does everything in his power to get close to Bree and his obsession evokes a spiral of violence.
Bree must trust her heart to find answers but her heart leads her to the most dangerous man of all.
What Others Are Saying:
"Giving Up The Ghost is a riveting and engrossing psychological thriller which grabs you from the beginning and refuses to let go until the very end. This fast-paced mystery is an intriguing love triangle of Mayhem, Lust and the Obsessions that inspire the two. Through captivating twists and turns, Stacy Deanne keeps you on the edge of your seat with a suspenseful, “Who Done It” which is a must read for the sheer enjoyment of figuring out the reasons “Why.”
~Lorraine Elzia, Author of Mistress Memoirs and Ask Nicely and I Might
"If it’s a great book you want, Stacy-Deanne is making sure that it’s a great book that you will get with Giving Up the Ghost! For Detective Brianna Morris, the serial rapist known only as The Albany Predator has just been ousted as her worst case ever. A new attacker is targeting African-American women, and Brianna’s best friend Cheyenne Wilson was unfortunate enough to be one of his victims. In Giving Up the Ghost, Stacy-Deanne pushes the limits to which Brianna must navigate a lecherous world of lust, logic and elusive lurkers." ---Joey Pinkney
"A riveting tale of murder, intrigue, and false identity, Stacy-Deanne's Giving Up the Ghost will hold you hostage from the first page to the last."---Dr. Maxine Thompson Author of Award-Winning Hostage of Lies
"This book is like one of those dreams you hate to wake up from...yeah, it's that's good." ----Linda R. Herman Author of What's A Wife to Do?