Dreamwalker (Toussaint)

While planting a cherry tree, landscaper Baxley Powell's shovel strikes something solid. Intrigued, she clears the sand away and reveals a human skull. After calling the sheriff, Baxley use her dreamwalking abilities to get a jumpstart on identifying the victim.The deputies arrive to secure the scene. They believe she's tampering with evidence and Taser her. Emotions flare, but the sheriff agrees to hire her as a consultant, if she closes cases. With a daughter to support and bills she can't pay, Baxley is motivated to succeed.Things get dicey when she unearths a murder victim on the same jobsite, planting Baxley in the suspect pool. For calling unwanted attention to her private retreat, Baxley's landscaping client fires her, stiffing her for the plants and labor.Meanwhile, her father retires as county dreamwalker, passing the community service responsibility along to her.Baxley's dreamwalking sideline competes for her time with her day jobs of landscaping and pet sitting. Folks show up on her doorstep at all hours to pass messages to the departed. Though her money problems persist, food randomly appears at her door, and her dark hair develops a telltale white streak in the forelock overnight.Just what every young woman wants, a permanent bad hair day.Threats to her safety mount as Baxley delves into the victim's life – in both worlds. With a killer dogging her heels and spirits nipping at her mind, Baxley follows her dreams to find the truth.

When amateur sleuth and dreamwalker Baxley Powell is called in on a stabbing case, she arrives in time to hear the dying man whisper, "Bubba done it."Four men named Bubba in Sinclair County, Ga., have close ties to the victim, including her goofball brother-in-law, Bubba Powell.She dreamwalks for answers, but the dead guy can't talk to her. Baxley sleuths among the living. The suspects include a down-on-his-luck fisherman, a crackhead evangelist, a politically-connected investor, and her brother-in-law, the former sweetheart of the new widow.The more Baxley digs, the more the Bubbas start to unravel. Worse, her brother-in-law's definitely more than friendly with the new widow.Between petsitting, landscaping, and dreamwalking, Baxley's got her hands full solving this case.

Dreamwalker Baxley Powell can't remember the last time she had such a crappy weekend. A twilight encounter with a ghost dog left her numb and disoriented, her dreamwalker abilities are wiped out, and the sheriff just summoned her to a double homicide. With no access to the spirit world, Baxley bluffs her way through the crime scene where a movie star's assistant and a charter boat captain were strung up and bled dry. In a haunted house, no less. Figuring out who killed these people will be a real challenge without her ability to speak to the dead.Just when Baxley thinks her powers are returning, her dreamwalks malfunction. With the sheriff pushing her to solve the case quickly, Baxley teams up with a dognapping medium to boost her powers. Suspects include the captain's good-for-nothing brother, the assistant's replacement, and, of course, his stalker. All of Sinclair County is on edge, and the media circus isn't helping. At stake are the movie's funding, the sheriff's job, and Baxley's senses. Can Baxley safeguard her abilities and solve the case before the killer strikes again?