Due, Tananarive

"Aisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash, and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha's grandmother's health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected their family for generations to watch over Aisha. At first it seems that this spirit, whom Aisha refers to as the Keeper, is truly doing as her grandmother asked, caring for Aisha and keeping her safe; however, it soon becomes clear that this being can only sustain itself by stealing life from others. As the Keeper begins to prey on the apartment building's other residents, Aisha and her friends must come together to destroy it . . . or die trying"--Amazon.

When a series of tragedies strikes close to her grandmother's historic old house in Washington, Angela Toussaint suspects the events may be linked to an evil entity her grandmother encountered in the year 1929.

"In her debut collection of short fiction, Due takes us to Gracetown, a small Florida town that has both literal and figurative ghost; into future scenarios that seem all too real; and provides empathetic portraits of those whose lives are touched by Otherness"--Provided by publisher.

Angela Toussaint hoped her grandmother's famous magic could save her failing marriage while she and her family lived in her grandmother's house, but when an unexpected tragedy ripped the family apart, Angela must find a way to save the entire town from destruction.

Tananarive Due discusses how her mother's involvement in the civil rights movement inspired her to fight for what she believes in.

Dawit, one of a sect of Ethiopian scholars who traded his soul for eternal life four hundred years earlier, threatens to break his vow of secrecy in order to keep his beloved wife Jessica and daughter Kira with him forever.

A novel based on "Roots" author Alex Haley's research about the life of Madam C.J. Walker, an impoverished laundress who, in the early twentieth century, rose to become the first black female millionaire with her discovery of a new hair care method.

A novel based on "Roots" author Alex Haley's research about the life of Madam C.J. Walker, an impoverished laundress who, in the early twentieth century, rose to become the first black female millionaire with her discovery of a new hair care method.

Phoenix Smalls dreams of launching a career as an R & B singer, but her career is threatened when she encounters a spirit who may the Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime.