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Book Structure Overview
Total Chapters: 52
Parts: No formal part divisions
Prologue/Epilogue: No separate prologue; story concludes with a spiritual “crossing over”
Narrative Style: Rotating first-person POV (Meghan, Brecia, Skye), linear progression
Book Table of Contents
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Meghan
Skye
Meghan
Brecia
Skye
Meghan
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Ask for Andrea Summary Chapter by Chapter
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: This section contains detailed, chapter-by-chapter plot summaries.
Chapter 1: Meghan
Meghan is being strangled in the Oquirrh Mountains of Utah by a man she met on the MatchStrike app. She breaks free and runs into the dark forest, but soon realizes she is no longer breathing.
She recalls her date with “Jimmy,” who looked like Chris Hemsworth but had a distinctive mole on his cheek. She remembers waking up in his car with her own scarf around her neck.
Chapter 2: Brecia
Brecia realizes she is dead when she stands up in her yard while her body remains on the pavement.
She was strangled with an extension cord while taking out recycling in Boulder, Colorado. She follows James to his home and discovers he has a wife and two daughters. She decides she will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Chapter 3: Skye
Skye is a teenager in Idaho charmed by James, a regular at the coffee shop where she works. On her last day before college, he offers her a ride, and she accepts.
He drives her to a remote area off Blacks Creek Road and strangles her when she discovers she has no cell service.
Chapter 4: Meghan
Meghan spends the night lost in the forest, terrified by wilderness sounds. She finds her mutilated body being eaten by coyotes and discovers she can scare them away with intense emotional outbursts.
She experiences deep disgust viewing her remains and settles into acceptance as days pass.
Chapter 5: Brecia
Brecia explores James’s home and realizes he creates fake “Jamie” profiles online.
She reads about her own murder in the news and feels despair that police have no leads. She discovers she can make light bulbs pop and computer screens go dark when filled with rage.
Chapter 6: Skye
Skye’s phone leads police to her body three days after her murder.
She returns home to find her mother paralyzed with grief. She tries comforting her mother by whispering, which causes her to wake up screaming. She realizes she is a ghost haunting her own family.
Chapter 7: Meghan
Meghan watches ravens and ants pick her bones clean in the mountains. A raven builds a “treasure box” on her shoe by the road, adding pebbles and glass.
Meghan realizes this shrine might help someone find her and continues waiting by the road.
Chapter 8: Brecia
Brecia sabotages James’s computer to prevent him from messaging a new victim named Nicole. James grows frustrated but schedules a date with Nicole anyway.
Brecia observes April’s exhaustion as the family prepares to move to Utah and decides to attend the date as an invisible sentinel.
Chapter 9: Skye
Skye’s parents review security footage from the coffee shop. They see Skye waving at someone, but the footage is too grainy to identify James. Skye influences lights and machines to draw their attention to a better camera at a nearby FroYo shop.
Chapter 10: Meghan
Meghan discovers she can change her ghostly appearance by imagining herself in different clothes. She drifts into vivid memories of her childhood and late Grandma Rosie.
A woman in a Jeep stops near her shoe to cry and takes photos of the shoe and a campground sign.
Chapter 11: Brecia
James prepares for his date with Nicole by being a “tickle monster” to his daughters. She watches him prepare a Tic Tac container spiked with Rohypnol pills.
Brecia hitches a ride to the date in Denver, determined to stop him from drugging Nicole.
Chapter 12: Skye
Skye’s father and Officer Willis obtain FroYo security footage. They see Skye getting into a car voluntarily, identified as a Kia Sorento.
Officer Willis begins a missing persons investigation. Skye watches her father struggle with guilt.
Chapter 13: Meghan
Meghan stays by her shoe, hoping the woman’s photos lead to a search. She drifts into memories and has a full conversation with Grandma Rosie, who explains the “threads” of memory connecting the dead.
A Forest Service employee discovers her shoe and takes notes.
Chapter 14: Brecia
At the bar, James slips Rohypnol into Nicole’s Moscow Mule. Brecia screams in Nicole’s ear, causing lights to flicker. Nicole feels “bad vibes,” avoids the drink, and takes an Uber home early. Brecia celebrates the small victory.
Chapter 15: Skye
Officer Willis traces the Kia Sorento to James Carson in Utah. He searches Blacks Creek Road based on Skye’s phone records.
Skye influences his intuition to stop at the specific dirt road where she died. He finds her body in a dry creek bed.
Chapter 16: Meghan
Grandma Rosie warns Meghan that following her threads means she won’t return to the real world. Meghan decides to stay until she is found.
Detective Domanska retrieves the shoe and searches the area. Meghan guides her to the bones hidden under pine needles.
Chapter 17: Brecia
James is banned from MatchStrike after Nicole reports him and moves his family to Utah. He creates a new profile as “Jimmy Carlson” and targets a woman named Meghan Campbell.
Brecia realizes she is powerless to stop the pattern without help.
Chapter 18: Skye
Skye watches her body processed by forensic techs. She stays with her grieving parents and discovers she can communicate with animals. A fox senses her presence. She learns the license plate search has reached a dead end.
Chapter 19: Meghan
Meghan hitches a ride with Detective Domanska back to Salt Lake City. She learns her disappearance was reported by her friend Sharesa.
Domanska releases James’s profile photo to the press. Meghan sees his photo next to hers in the newspaper.
Chapter 20: Brecia
Brecia hitches a ride with James and a drugged Meghan into the Oquirrh Mountains. She watches him strangle Meghan with her own scarf. Brecia screams as Meghan’s soul leaves her body, feeling responsible for not saving her.
Chapter 21: Skye
Skye’s parents learn the search for James is stalling. She stays by her mother’s side as she applies makeup with shaky hands. She hears that James has a wife, which shocks her. Skye continues haunting her home.
Chapter 22: Meghan
Meghan follows Domanska, who is frustrated by James’s aliases and VPNs. She reads tips from other women assaulted by “Jimmy.” Domanska runs facial recognition with no matches. Meghan realizes James has deleted his online presence.
Chapter 23: Brecia
James moves the family to Idaho after Salt Lake police question his coworkers. April is devastated but remains obedient. Brecia stops following James and focuses on protecting the children, realizing he is already hunting in his new town.
Chapter 24: Skye
Skye’s funeral is held by a lake where her parents scatter wildflower seeds. Her father reads a Celtic blessing. Skye is glad they chose a place she loved. She notices her mother calling the police station daily for updates.
Chapter 25: Meghan
A tip leads Domanska to James’s office at a tech company called Dromo. Meghan attacks him in the conference room, but only flickering lights result. James denies everything.
Domanska doesn’t believe him and follows her hunch.
Chapter 26: Brecia
April begins suspecting James after seeing news about Meghan’s murder. She finds a text from a friend named Nina who reported James to police.
She researches childhood trauma and violence on her phone. April remains quiet but increasingly fearful.
Chapter 27: Skye
James is pulled over for a traffic violation in Idaho, but police cannot hold him. Detectives get a search warrant for his car.
Skye watches from the porch and sees a ghost standing behind April—Brecia. The two victims finally find each other.
Chapter 28: Meghan
Meghan moves into Domanska’s home and befriends her dog, Joey. A new tip comes from Ken at the Daily Grind, who believes James murdered his friend Skye. Domanska coordinates with Idaho police. Meghan is thrilled they’re closing in.
Chapter 29: Brecia
Skye and Brecia share their stories in the back of the towed Kia. Brecia tells Skye about Meghan and how James operates. Forensic techs find a single fingerprint that doesn’t match James’s family.
They hope this is the smoking gun.
Chapter 30: Skye
The fingerprint found in the Kia doesn’t match Skye’s post-mortem prints. Detective Kittleson is ready to release the car. Brecia and Skye mess with his computer in frustration.
They overhear a voicemail from Domanska coming to Idaho.
Chapter 31: Meghan
Meghan’s fingerprint is a 98% match for the one found in the Kia. Domanska secures an arrest warrant and heads to Idaho. She is furious Kittleson released the car. Meghan feels hope that her business is almost finished.
Chapter 32: Brecia
James picks up the Kia from impound, appearing increasingly paranoid. Skye hitches a ride to see what he does next. Brecia stays at the station to wait for Domanska.
They realize James knows the net is closing.
Chapter 33: Meghan
Domanska arrives in Idaho and meets with local police. Meghan is reunited with Brecia at the station.
They hug and immediately see each other’s entire lives and deaths through the touch. Skye arrives and warns them James is preparing to run.
Chapter 34: Skye
James tailgates April on the way home, raging that the police “witch hunt” is her fault. He calls his stepmother Marjorie and says they’re coming to her remote cabin.
Skye realizes James is planning to hide and flees to warn the others.
Chapter 35: Meghan
The three ghosts reconcile their stories and realize James has been killing for years. A press conference is scheduled for the next morning.
Skye is frantic about the family running. They head to James’s house together.
Chapter 36: Brecia
The ghosts reach James’s house as he packs the minivan with survival gear. They try popping the van’s lights and sabotaging the engine. The lights pop, but the vehicle remains drivable.
They hitch a ride as James drives toward Cascade.
Chapter 37: Skye
James drives the family into the mountains of Cascade, Idaho. April is terrified and questions why they’re fleeing. James berates her.
They reach a dilapidated cabin with orange shag carpet. The ghosts feel deep dread.
Chapter 38: Meghan
Meghan is terrified to be back in the wilderness where she died. She tells the others about drifting to the “other side” through memories.
James screams at April about a “black backpack” full of survival tools. He’s prepared to live off-grid for months.
Chapter 39: Brecia
The backpack contains survival gear and stacks of cash. James acts normal for a moment, cooking a “Mountain Meal.”
Brecia uses “dream talking” to whisper warnings to April while she sleeps. James takes a shovel into the woods and digs three shallow graves.
Chapter 40: Skye
Brecia tells April that James killed her and will kill the family too. April wakes and hears James digging. She finds the shovel missing from the woodpile. The ghosts watch April sit on the floor, shaking with realization.
Chapter 41: Meghan
James returns from digging, looking calculating and resolved. April pretends to be asleep. The next days are a waiting game as the family eats rations. James paces, eyeing his tools.
The ghosts are certain he’s preparing to finish the job.
Chapter 42: Brecia
April waits until James sleeps and goes outside to confirm the shovel is gone. She hears the “thunk, pause, thunk” of James working in the woods. Brecia attacks him in a rage, but it feels like random wind.
April decides she must get the girls out immediately.
Chapter 43: Skye
The ghosts share memories through touch, finding comfort. April tells James she wants to go into town for food, but he refuses. She puts on her “mommy mask” and tells the girls they’re finding “berries” for Daddy.
She leads them into the woods.
Chapter 44: Meghan
April leads the girls down a deer path, telling them to be quiet because of a “bear.” James realizes they’re gone and pursues them in the minivan with a multitool ax.
The family hides behind a log while James stands a stone’s throw away.
Chapter 45: Brecia
James misses the hiding spot and runs back toward the road. April and the girls run toward Highway 55. Exhausted and dehydrated, they keep moving. April tells the girls they’re outrunning the bear. They finally see a lodge’s neon lights.
Chapter 46: Skye
The ghosts stay with April as she reaches the Big Cat Mountain Lodge. They’re jubilant, thinking the danger has passed.
Then they see James sitting at the bar inside, wearing a puffy coat and April’s glasses as disguise. April darts into the bathroom with the girls.
Chapter 47: Meghan
April and the girls are trapped in a bathroom stall while James watches the door. April sees the “Ask for Andrea” safety sign on the mirror.
She asks a woman to alert the bartender using the code. A waitress listens and calls police.
Chapter 48: Brecia
James stays composed at the bar until police arrive. He is shocked when arrested for Meghan’s murder. The ghosts feel unclenched relief as he’s perp-walked out.
April and the girls are finally safe from the “bear.”
Chapter 49: Skye
James is held in jail as the investigation expands. April tells police about his stepmother Marjorie, who is also arrested. We learn James was abused by Marjorie as a child.
The ghosts realize their role in the living world is ending.
Chapter 50: Meghan
Meghan learns Domanska matched her fingerprint in the Kia.
The ghosts decide to haunt James in jail before moving on.
They collaborate to give him “magnum opus” nightmares of his victims. James becomes sleep-deprived and terrified of the dark.
Chapter 51: Brecia
The ghosts visit James in his cell, forcing him to see their faces every time he closes his eyes. They show him April and other survivors testifying. James wakes screaming constantly.
His cellmate attacks him, leaving him injured on the floor.
Chapter 52: Skye
The ghosts return to Skye’s home to say goodbye to her mother. They search Skye’s memories for an ancestral “thread.” Skye finds her Great Aunt Marcia in a memory of El Salvador.
Marcia greets her by her birth name, Estela. The three women embrace and step into their eternal memories, finally finding peace.
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