Adriane S. (myhotstylist) reviewed on 10/29/2010

Helpful Score: 9

Great start to a new series!

Meet Alison Kerby, new homeowner to a fixer-upper guest house, and her daughter Melissa. Alison's renovations get turned upside down when a pair of ghosts decide to drop a bucket of copound on her head. Now Alison and see and hear the ghostly duo, and they insist she help them find out their killer. What she discovers is that theres a valuable hidden artifact inside the house, and theres someone in town that would kill to get it.

This book was awesome!!! Do not be fooled by the spooky cover and errie title. This is definitely a cozy mystery. No blood, guts or gore here, just good old fashioned ghostly fun. I especially loved the home renovation aspect as this type of activity tends to stir up ghosts in general. The ghosts, Maxie and Paul were great characters. Maxie was histerical with her antics. Paul guides Alison on her sleuthing and she finds herself in some sticky situations. I am usually pretty good at guessing the murderer in these type of cozy mysteries. But 3 cheeers for this author as I was stumped up until the final reveal. Thank heavens the reveal wasnt too complicated. The clues were sprinkled all throughout the book, and I found myself slapping my own forehead at the end for having not been able to figure it out! LOL


This is definetely a series I plan to continue, and am looking forward to the next book!

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