Zoë Martinique

The Zoë Martinique series by Phaedra Weldon stars a young woman named (unsurprisingly) Zoë Martinique. A few years before the start of the story, as a reaction to the trauma of being raped and almost murdered, she developed the ability to leave her body at will and go wandering around as a spirit. She uses this ability to work as a private detective.

On one mission, she feels something strange and wanders off to find a strange man in the middle of murdering someone. The killer sees her and touches her, leaving a strange mark on her and turning a lock of her hair white. After that, she gets involved in a bunch of strange events, and discovers a great deal about the nature of her powers.

The series consists of four books so far: Wraith, Spectre and Phantasm and Revenant


 * Atlanta: The series takes place here.
 * Deader Than Dead: What happens to ghosts who
 * Disappeared Dad: Zoë's dad left when she was a child.
 * Grand Theft Me: Happens occasionally over the course of the series, notably including
 * The Masquerade: To a degree, since there are magical groups such as witches (including one of Zoë's pals). She often can't tell people the truth of her abilities, and this at one point leads to
 * Our Demons Are Different
 * Our Ghosts Are Different
 * Our Souls Are Different: It's part of how Zoë got her powers, since her soul was partially unglued from her body.
 * Psychopomp: Zoë acts as this from time to time.
 * The Speechless: Archer decides to have some fun, and steal
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Due to the rape, Zoë forgot that
 * Urban Fantasy