Hello! Read and Buried by Eva Gates, Christmas Angels by Nancy Naigle, and The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron are out today. Christmas Sweets by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine and Leslie Meier releases October 29 along with Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey. Pretty Little Fliers by Erin Johnson premieres on October 25. It is the first tale in Magic Market Mysteries. A witchy story is perfect to read at this time of year.
Haunted House Murder by Leslie
Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross contains three haunted house themed cozy
mystery novellas. Haunted House Murder
by Leslie Meier returns readers to Tinker’s Cove, Maine where Lucy Stone is
watching her grandson, Patrick for a couple of months. Ty & Heather Moon have bought a dilapidated
home near the elementary school and residents are looking forward to them
restoring the old home. People are
disappointed with the Moo’s unfriendliness and lack of fixing up. Instead, there are screams, flickering lights
and other odd noises coming from the home at all hours. It is unusual but it is not criminal. But then a dare escalates the problem and
sends Lucy into a panic. What is
happening at the haunted house?
Death by Haunted House by Lee
Hollis gives Hayley Powell new neighbors.
Damien Salinger and his family move into the home next to Hayley after
it has sat empty for years. There are
numerous rumors surrounding the mysterious home which Hayley’s husband is happy
to share with his kids. Hayley sees Damien
arguing with his realtor and then she goes missing. Danny points the finger at Damien and enlists
the kids in his investigation. When Hayley
stumbles upon the body, she soon finds herself doing a little digging into her
new neighbors.
Hallowed Out by Barbara Ross welcomes
us back to Busman’s Harbor, Maine. Harley
Prendergast has started a Halloween Haunted House Tours to go along with the towns
weeklong Halloween celebration. A
reenactment of a Prohibition-era shootout at Gus’s restaurant leads to the
death of the actor playing rumrunner, Ned Calhoun. Julia Snowden dives into the case to find the
man’s killer while dealing with ghostly problem at her mother’s home.
Haunted House Murder contains
three entertaining Halloween themed cozy mysteries that are all set in Maine. They are well-written and engaging with
developed characters. You can read one or
all three. They can be read as
standalone for those unfamiliar with the series. Death by Haunted House takes readers back to
October 29, 2009 with Hayley Powell and her family. I do not know how Hayley put up with her
husband, Danny. He is more of a child
than her kids, but Danny was certainly entertaining. Lucy Stone is busy with work plus taking care
of her house, hubby and daughter who is still at home. Then she agrees to watch Patrick. Lucy finds it challenging to keep up with a
child under ten who goes to soccer and has homework. I could relate when she was trying to teach
Patrick fractions (my father sat with me for hours trying to teach me). Julia gets roped into helping with a
reenactment and finds herself in the middle of a real gunfire. When not looking for the killer, she is
curious about the unusual problem at her mother’s house. She refuses to believe a ghost has suddenly appeared. I enjoyed all three cozy mysteries with the
haunted house theme. They put me in the
mood for Halloween which is such a fun time of year with the decorations and
costumes. There are recipes included as
well. Be prepared for a hauntingly good
time with our three female sleuths in Haunted House Murder.
Haunted House Murder is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes and other major booksellers. Barbara Ross writes A Maine Clambake Mystery series and you can find a list of the books in the series here. Nogged Off will be out on October 29. Lee Hollis is the author of A Hayley Powell Mystery series which you can find here. Death of a Blueberry Tart comes out March 31. Leslie Meier is the creator of of A Lucy Stone Mystery series. You can find a complete list of A Lucy Stone Mysteries here. Invitation Only Murder will be out on November 26 and it is the 26th A Lucy Stone Mystery. Thank you for visiting today. Tomorrow I am participating in the Celebrate Lit Tour for The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron. It is the third A Lost Castle Novel. I hope that you have a spooktacular day. Take care and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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