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The Haunted Homecoming (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #10) by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsApple cider, bonfires, football, and—ghosts. It’s homecoming weekend in Sugarland, Tennessee and ghost hunter Verity Long is tickled to see so many souls—living and dead—back in town to celebrate. But not all reunions are happy ones, and when Verity stumbles upon a dead body by the football field, it appears someone has already evened the score... -
The Ghost is Clear: A Ghost Detective Paranormal Cozy Mystery #3 by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmateur sleuth, PI in training, ghost whisperer.That's me. Audrey Fitzgerald, ghost detective. I'm finally coming to terms with the fact that I can not only communicate with ghosts, but animals too. Well, one in particular, my big gray teddy bear of a cat, Thor. What I haven't worked out yet is how to keep my newfound abilities a secret from the townsfolk of Firefly Bay... -
Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes Verity Long would like to forget that she lives with the ghost of a 1920s gangster. But the reluctant housemates must once again work together when a dead detective blackmails Frankie into helping him solve a Great Gatsby-era cold case. Before she can say “bathtub gin,” Verity is dragged straight into a raging, otherworldly house party. Worse, every guest is hiding something... -
MESSAGE in the BONES: A small town murder mystery with a psychic twist by Dawn Merriman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEscape the usual small town murder story with this quirky, page turning mystery. With long-buried bones, psychic visions, a tattoo with messages from above, and a clown-masked murderer chasing through a corn maze, this story will keep you on edge until the very last word. -
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Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Ghost-in-Law series. Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal…whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if something far more nefarious happened... -
Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWho let the dogs...and cats...out?Verity Long's new ghost-hunting career has gone to the dogs - literally. A spirit is releasing animals from their cages at the Sugarland Animal Rescue Center. It's an unusual haunting that gets even more bizarre when she uncovers a new clue in a case of a missing child. Verity vows to reunite the lost boy with his family... -
Haunted Tales by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe death of a beloved fourth-grade teacher has haunted Andrew Tyler his entire life. Was it really an accidental death or was she murdered? And if it was only an accident, why did her ghost haunt the hallways of the old, abandoned school in Polo, Illinois? Andrew calls on Mary O’Reilly to solve the mystery and catch a killer who is still on the loose in the small town... -
Wings and Broken Things by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA crime with no eyewitnesses. A determined psychic sleuth. Will her search for clues take her where angels fear to tread? Mitzy Moon is eager to test her expanding abilities. Although she’d love to look into the hit-and-run that struck down her favorite veterinarian, leads are slim to none... -
Sweet Dreams by Beth Dolgner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDIG INTO A SHALLOW GRAVE AND A NEW PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERY SERIES.Emily Buchanan has always dealt with ghosts at Eternal Rest Bed and Breakfast—after all, it is next to the town’s historic cemetery. When paranormal activity begins to escalate, though, she knows that someone—or something—is desperately trying to communicate... -
Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSouthern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she’s surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call. Verity’s new client needs her to go in undercover and investigate strange happenings at the group’s historic headquarters... -
Lowcountry Boomerang by Susan M. Boyer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPrivate investigators Liz Talbot and Nate Andrews are all set to enjoy some quality time on the beach. That’s until they get the news about Darius. Darius DeAndre Baker, star of the hit TV show, Main Street USA, has had enough of the Hollywood highlife. After ten years of visiting everyone else’s hometown, he returns to his own—Stella Maris, South Carolina... -
The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFor Southern girl Verity Long, friendship means sitting down to stories and sweet tea on the front porch. For her gangster ghost housemate, it means dragging Verity out to a remote haunted asylum during a raging thunderstorm to do a favor for a long-dead mob boss. But Verity is always ready to help out a friend, even one as eternally eccentric as Frankie... -
Pawsitively Betrayed by Melissa Erin Jackson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnemies wear many faces.The Here and Meow Festival has finally arrived! Amber Blackwood and her fellow festival committee members still have plenty to do before the celebration of all things feline begins. Even though Amber’s witchy past keeps interfering, she knows the show must go on. Edgehill’s livelihood depends on the festival’s success... -
Medium Things by Erin Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people. I'm not your typical medium. The kind portrayed on your favorite television shows. The spirits who visit me aren't interested in reuniting with loved ones. Nope. The spirits I connect with have sought me out for one thing and one thing only: justice... -
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The Marvelous Ms. Medium by Erin Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.I thought I was getting pretty good at this whole medium gig ... until today. Have you ever been kissing the man of your dreams when his dead ex-girlfriend appears?No?I have, and let me tell you it's a total mood killer.Her name is Vanessa Tobin, and she's a journalist with a passion for truth and justice and self-help books... -
Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSoutherners keep their secrets swept under the rug, but what happens when that rug goes up for sale? Bestselling author Berlye Stone, the most famous citizen to ever come out of Cottonwood, Kentucky, has died and put all her worldly possessions up for auction, but not without leaving one more manuscript behind. A hidden tell-all about Cottonwood that’s got more gossip than a ladies’ luncheon... -
Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAwaiting the birth of his first kittens, feline P. I. Joe Grey, his companion Dulcie, and their furry sleuthing pals must unmask a killer preying on some of the most vulnerable citizens in the charming California coastal community of Molena Point.For Joe Grey and Dulcie, life is a bittersweet mix of endings and beginnings... -
Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo call Gran eccentric is somewhat of an understatement. She has questionable fashion sense, cough, can anyone say bedazzled Ugg boots and a tutu? But my Gran? She is awesome. So when she suggested I buy The Dusty Attic Bookstore I was all in, after all, what could go wrong?Try finding my high school nemesis dead on the floor of my newly acquired store for starters... -
Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt should’ve been so easy… Blissful Breneaux has spent her career catching troublesome ghosts for a covert government agency. But all that changes the day she is fired. She has one shot to redeem herself— track down the biggest, baddest spirit the agency has ever known and haul him in. Too bad that ghost resides in the one place Blissful despises—Haunted Hollow, Alabama... -
Ghosts, Alibis, and Apple Pies by J.A. Holder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMichelle Bishop has spent most of her life hating her nemesis, Georgia Beauregard. When the town beauty queen herself suddenly dies, Michelle is the only one who isn’t mourning. But Michelle has just discovered there is something far worse than a living, breathing bully. Try being haunted by a dead one... -
Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPebble Cove is known for giving tourists the cold shoulder, but a frozen body is something new. The people of Pebble Cove are thrown into a forced hibernation when the worst snowstorm in a decade hits the Oregon Coast. They expect to find damages once the snow thaws, but a frozen body down by the pier comes as a terrible surprise... -
Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGhost hunter Verity Long is overdue for a little R&R (rest and romance) with her boyfriend, Ellis, and a vintage train trip through the Tennessee mountains seems like just the ticket. The Sugarland Express carries history and nostalgia in every compartment, and Verity is determined to enjoy it—without ghostly interference... -
Wrong Side of the Claw by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBookstore owner Willa Chance has no idea that things in Mystic Notch are about to take a turn for the worseWhen a string of robberies escalates to murder, Willa is baffled by the behavior of her sister, the county sheriff. Normally the gung-ho law woman would be all over the case, but she seems more interested in doing her nails and picking out jazz music instead... -
Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA beachside stroll. A deadly discovery. Will this psychic sleuth swim or sink?Mitzy wishes she could turn a blind third-eye to her hit-or-miss powers. Instead, while taking her fiendish feline for a walk, they make a stomach-churning find on shore. Despite her loss of appetite, she can't help but get a closer look at the unique ink etched into the corpse.. -
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Probable Paws by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMiddle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is often haunted by ghosts who want her to do their bidding. Usually it involves the nasty business of bringing their killer to justice, so when the ghost of Adelaide Hamilton asks her to find an old recipe book and give it to Elspeth Whipple, it seems like an easy job... -
The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings**USA TODAY Bestselling Series!**Just because she can see the dead doesn't mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she's over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank...until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that's no way to start a career... -
Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSmall-town librarian Kathleen Paulson gets plenty of entertainment from her extraordinary cats, Owen and Hercules. But when a theater troupe stumbles into more tragedy than it bargained for, it's up to Kathleen to play detective... -
War of the Noses by Renee George
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Nora Black. I'm turning fifty-two, but I don't feel a day over thirty-nine. That is, when I can find my glasses, my feet don't hurt, and my scent-induced psychic ability isn't showing me crimes.For my birthday, my best friends Gilly and Pippa signed us up for a weekend at the Central Midwest Spa Convention. Yay... -
Donut Disaster by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. *A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore* All books in the series can be read individually but are best enjoyed in order. My name is Lottie Lemon and I see dead people... -
Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPsychic Cree Blue is working on a cold case where the motives and suspects multiply like the spices in her cooking. When Davina Richards went missing the day before her wedding, people assumed she was a runaway bride. Only Cree knows differently. This bride skipped being a missing person and landed smack-dab in the dead zone... -
Snickerdoodle Secrets by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. *A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore* All books in the series can be read individually but are best enjoyed in order. My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people... -
Not by Oolong Shot by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPebble Cove's most infamous house is about to get a makeover, but can changing the outside get rid of the curse held within its walls?High up in the cliffs behind the town of Pebble Cove, a haunted house looks out over the ocean. When the cursed house sells after sitting vacant for decades, the locals are concerned. Horrible things happened there... -
Ghosts & Gateaux by Sara Bourgeois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew expanded edition!When a nasty and unpopular resident of Brookdale is murdered, Fern Moonfall has to set aside personal feelings to find justice for the victim. Unfortunately, her investigation puts her directly in the killer's line of sight.The danger also pushes her closer to Detective Mitch Landry... -
Dead Wrong (A Cree Blue Psychic Eye Mystery) by Kate Allenton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPsychic Cree Blue’s identity is a secret, and her help in solving cold cases is strictly off the record. She isn’t known for her finesse, but she’s good at what she does. Her intuition and insight have never steered her wrong... -
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The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeorgia Thackery is feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious Overfeld College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton. Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named Jen shows up looking for her friend... -
The Trouble at Turtle Beach by Carrie Bedford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsROMANTIC GETAWAY BUZZKILL:DEATH NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY!Harried, overworked architect Kate Benedict has no sooner stepped off the ferry to a tiny, remote island in Seychelles, primed to de-stress and celebrate at a destination wedding, than she spots imminent danger – auras spinning above the heads of two people on the dock... -
A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFortune tellers and mediums have descended on the Oyster Cove Guesthouse, determined to solve the mystery of local seafarer Jedediah Biddeford’s murder 300 years ago... especially if it leads them to the treasure he buried on the guesthouse grounds... -
Get Up and Ghost by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE DEAD IN CASTLEBERRY, GEORGIA HAVE A LOT TO SAY—AND CHANTILLY ADAIR CAN HEAR THEM. Divorced mom Chantilly Adair hightailed it out of Birmingham, Alabama leaving her ex-husband and over twenty years of memories behind to start fresh in her hometown... -
Dead Even by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRetired Guild Artemis Inquisitor Georgia Drake has left the paranormal world behind after the death of her partner in the line of duty. Along with her job investigating crime and murder. With her Hades Guardian mastiff, Benjamin, and raven pair for company, she moves her entire life across the continent to escape not only the loss but her oppressive and powerful family... -
Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHave the people of Pebble Cove welcomed a killer into their midst?Two women wash up on the beach in front of Rosemary's tea shop. One is dead. The other is wounded and can't even remember her name. Is she also a victim or the killer?When it becomes clear that the only souls who can help solve this mystery are those of the ghostly persuasion, Rosemary has to get involved... -
Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Joe Grey and Dulcie aren’t your ordinary feline detectives. Murphy’s raised the stakes of the feline sleuth genre.”—Kirkus Reviews“These Joe Grey mysteries will stay popular for many years to come.”—Tampa TribuneMystery fans and cat lovers alike rejoice... -
Horse of a Different Killer by Laura Morrigan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnimal behaviorist Grace Wilde’s psychic ability gives her insight into the minds of all kinds of creatures. If only humans were as easy to read… Dead men may tell no tales, but they can screw up your life with a few phone calls. Grace’s abusive ex-brother-in-law, Anthony Ortega, needs her help—at least that’s what he said on the messages he left before his sudden death... -
Pumpkin Spice Sacrifice by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings*A laugh out loud cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore*My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead pets. Okay, so on occasion I see a dearly departed human, too. And, unfortunately for me, that horrible scenario is playing out right this minute. Worse yet, that good-looking ghost just so happens to look just like my friend, Everett, and it refuses to leave his side... -
Tea is for Trouble by Karen Sue Walker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new life complete with tea, scones, and… murder?And let’s not forget the ghost…When your fiancé ditches you and your mother passes away, what do you do? If you’re April May, you buy a huge Victorian home on a whim and open a tearoom featuring lace tablecloths, exotic teas, and dainty sandwiches.No one told her the house came with a cat in the attic who might just be guarding a treasure... -
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A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ghost mystery for readers who don't usually enjoy the paranormal."The residents of Pebble Cove were wary of the new commune at The Pines even before someone ended up dead.Rosemary is excited to cater her first even at the newly opened commune's full moon festival. When a young woman is found murdered in her yurt, it's clear these rich wannabe hippies aren't as peaceful as they pretend... -
A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the charming town of Mayville Heights, librarian Kathleen Paulson and her two cats pounce on clues to catch a killer, in the eleventh installment of this New York Times bestselling series. Spring is coming to Mayville Heights, and Kathleen's brother, Ethan, has arrived in town with his band, The Flaming Gerbils... -
The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell, Xe Sands
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA new ghoulish mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Ghostly Light featuring Mel Turner, a ghost-whispering contractor.Mel Turner can’t resist the chance to bring the Crockett Theatre, a decrepit San Francisco Art Deco movie palace, back to life... -
Deadly Brew by Karen MacInerney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Halloween in Buttercup, Texas, and reporter-turned-farmer Lucy Resnick is up to her ears in more than goats and wayward cows. Not only has her well dried up, but it turns out the old house Lucy recently moved to the farm has a reputation for spooks... and they are disturbingly active. Then a Tarot card reading at a local mead winery foretells death.. -
A Mew to a Kill by Leighann Dobbs
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the ghost of a murder victim appears in Last Chance Books, middle-aged bookstore owner, Willa Chance, must find the ghost's killer or risk being haunted with its unwanted advice forever.Too bad the ghost suffers from amnesia and only has a few scant clues as to the identity of the killer. That's okay, though, because Willa has a pretty good idea who did it .. -
A Ghostly Gift by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom New York Times best-selling author Angie Fox - a fabulously fun short story in the new Southern Ghost Hunter Mystery series.Verity Long doesn't want to see ghosts, and she'd rather not let anyone know her little secret, either. But when a restless spirit stirs up trouble in her friend's resale shop, Verity and her very new, very dead gangster friend team up to learn what is really happening...
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