The Haunting of the Coin

About the Book

A clairvoyant child, Sarah Hokasen, and a shopkeeper, Keiko Yamamoto, become intertwined in the paranormal world by the disappearance of Aiko Ikenaga, a pregnant woman in the village. Sarah unknowingly lashes out on people who harm her and torment her because she is of American-Japanese decent. She soon catches on to what she is capable of and wishes her powers to increase. Keiko struggles to see the signs that a spirit keeps leaving, and the spirit begins to channel his thoughts through Sarah. With the spirit world guiding Keiko, she is able to help Aiko. On the other hand, a benevolent spirit tries to force Sarah to the dark side of the paranormal and doing so, he targets Sarah’s mother.

About the Author

Monica Banks was born in Japan. Raised as an Air Force brat she and her family traveled several times between Okinawa and Japan. At one point in her childhood she lived with her grandparents in a small village on the island of Kyushu. There she was surrounded by many ghost stories and superstitions. She now resides in Tennessee. She has brought to her book, The Haunting of the Coin, a combination of the western world and that of the lives and spirits in a small Japanese village. The story involves inter racial relationships, prejudices, and the art of revenge in the era of post war Japan.