I was quite eager to read The Fetch as I enjoyed A Certain Slant of Light tremendously, in particular Whitcomb's take on ghosts. Whereas A Certain Slant of Light was lovely with a touch of creepiness, The Fetch was just... weird. 
 Calder, a spirit who escorts dead people to Heaven, steals develops a crush on Tsarina Alexandra and steals Grigori Rasputin's body to get close to her. Stuff happens, and Calder in Rasputin's stolen body end up traveling with dead-but-not-dead Tsarevich Alexei and Duchess Anastasia across the world. Of course, there's a bit of romance, but thankfully Whitcomb had the sense not to have Anastasia and Calder-in-Rasputin's body get involved in anything, because that would have just been wrong. So very wrong. 
 (view spoiler)[Calder's dilemma, what traps him on earth, is almost exactly the same as what trapped Helen in A Certain Slant of Light. (hide spoiler)] 
 I can't say I did not enjoy The Fetch, as I do enjoy Whitcomb's writing, and I enjoy the world that she has created, but I do admit that what propelled me forward in reading was wondering what kind of craziness would happen next, which I am not sure was Whitcomb's intention.