Can a dark secret shatter the soul?While attempting to help an unsettled soul cross into the light, a spirit escort learns an unexpected truth on the battlefield of Shiloh.In the second book of the Funeral Singer series, author Lillian I Wolfe takes the story into the past and Gillian Foster learns that her task of spirit escort isn't always a walk in the park-like cemetery. While Gillian's unexpected gift appears to have turned her into a "spirit escort" helping lost souls to cross into the light of whatever lies beyond the grave, she find that most go easily, some don't even wait, but there are those?Helping one soul to move on brings Gillian into contact with another lingering ghost who needs more than just a guide to the next life. Her band mates in Spicy Jam are pressing her to set up the planned recording of an album. Complicating matters, she is trying to cope with the aftermath of a near fatal encounter of her own with a child killer while keeping the sordid details secret from her friends. With a trial looming in the future, a promise made to a ghost, and an album to record, she may be pushing herself too much."A Song for Menafee" picks up where the first book, "A Song for Marielle", left off. While the story is complete, it refers back to incidents in book one, so it's advisable to read the first book before reading this one.