Something Strange and Deadly (Something Strange and Deadly Trilogy, Bk. 1)

After her father dies and her brother goes missing, Eleanor Fitt is left to deal with her family's declining financial state. With her controlling mother trying to marry her off sixteen-year-old Eleanor doesn't think life could get more complicated. But then the Dead start walking.

Desperate to solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance, Eleanor ventures into the private lab of the elusive Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces. Always a social misfit, Eleanor finally feels at home among the intelligent Joseph, feisty Jie, and extremely stubborn yet handsome Daniel But the more time she spends with them, the more dangerous her life becomes.