Cozy Ghost Fiction

It’s vacation time for Harper Harlow and her boyfriend Jared Monroe. They have big plans to head to northern Lower Michigan for a wine tasting event – which happens to be close to a small town called Shadow Lake – and they’re even taking Zander and Shawn along for the ride. In Shadow Lake, Ivy Morgan finds herself in a good mood. It’s officially the start of morel season (her favorite holiday) and she knows exactly how she’s going to spend the next three weeks of her life, much to her fiancé Jack Harker’s chagrin. Everything changes when the two groups meet in the woods – the whimsy of morel hunting too much for Harper’s group to turn away from – and they happen to stumble across a body. It seems a local woman, a party enthusiast with a bad reputation, was shot down in the middle of the forest and it appears someone is out there hunting people rather than animals or mushrooms … making for a very dangerous morel season.

At Becky's encouragement, Bobby and Barbara have finally decided to accept their special ability, too. At least, they are open to using their gift if the opportunity presents itself. Barbara actually manages to help someone new with their ghost problem, and the meeting turns into something more. Unlike Marty, Barb's ex-boyfriend, this new person, Christopher, accepts Barbara and her capabilities exactly as she is. In fact, he is impressed.

Maggie is under the distinct impression that either she is cursed, or she has the most inviting backyard in the entire South. Her wayward son has stumbled upon the foolish notion to use it for his own personal herb garden, while a murderer has chosen a plot of her acreage to bury his headless victim under the sprawling branches of her oak trees. Desperately needing a break from all the drama that now surrounds her life, Maggie is planning a long vacation when she begins having visitations from the other side.

Local matchmaker and PI Demeter West gets called in to investigate some interdimensional turbulence in the basement of the local library. Over the course of the investigation, Demeter learns some new approaches to tarot work, some local history, some new information about Casper's situation within the multiverse, and some things she didn't know about her husband and daughter.

Cathy Dorne is looking forward to winter break. Teaching is her passion but she's vastly overdue for a break from the classroom and a visit from her sister. But before the final bells rings, her principal is found dead of an apparent heart attack. And if that wasn't enough of a shock, Cathy is then confronted by the dead woman's ghost only to discover everything might not be as apparent as it seems.

Becky Tibbs is very adept at helping recently departed spirits with their unfinished business in Asheville, North Carolina. Her antique store, located in the River Arts District, is the perfect place for her side-business. However, now that she has a boyfriend, she wonders if she can juggle her professional life with a new romantic personal life.

Becky Tibbs is a “real-deal medium". Ask anyone in Asheville, North Carolina, and they would agree. Of course, her gift is often discussed behind closed doors in whispers more often than not. And there are many unbelievers until they have a ghost problem of their own. Becky tries to live as normal a life as possible. She’s planning a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with her brother and sister, but will her special dinner go according to plans? It's possible that some departed spirits simply want to interfere with the living.

When a neighbor finds a grim discovery in the waterways of Venice Beach, Linx Maxwell gets an unexpected visitor in the form of a new ghost. The only problem? Her new ghost doesn't see eye to eye with her old one. Detective Frank Bogle doesn't know what to make of the young victim. Haunting Linx is his job, and he doesn't want company. All the same, he can hardly deny that the excitement of an unsolved crime intrigues him. The new ghost claims he was murdered - and the trail leads right to the home of Linx's new client.

Welcome to Hawkwood Hollow, where the dead outnumber the living. When a local witch shows up in an apparent drowning, everyone thinks it's a tragic accident. New witch in town Maura would, too, except her Reaper senses are telling her there's something not quite right about the woman's death. When the victim's ghost vanishes, she knows her instincts were right. Unfortunately, her attempt to find the truth is derailed by an annoying spirit who's moved into her room and an obstructionist coven leader. And then there's the detective she might be interested in romantically...

Patty Decker, a socially awkward widow, moved in, and her neighbors keep leaving, the hard way. A misunderstood hussy dies and practically everyone has a motive.... Patty has solved all the unexpected deaths in her park so far; but there were no unexpected deaths before she moved in! She closes in on her suspect, who has no choice but to "remove" Patty from the investigation. Will she live to sleuth again?

Barby, Rick Brant's sister, and Jan Miller have sighted a Civil War ghost while vacationing in Virginia. The ghost is, apparently, a Civil War Union soldier who died while visiting his sweetheart across Confederate lines. The ghost always appears exactly at 9 p.m., and then only when there is a considerable audience. Rick and his ex-Marine pal Scotty, travel to Virginia to investigate the ghostly sightings. A cave, a pool, clouds of mist, figures walking over the fields at midnight picking up the invisible dead from the war...are they real ghosts or people.

When her cozy hometown is visited by death, Emma's investigative skills are enlisted by a secretive ghost. But with the uncooperative spirit holding so much back, and with the handsome local doctor pressing Emma for answers, will she ever get to the bottom of the case? Or will the Hollow be forever haunted by the secrets of the past?

The first book of a fun cozy mystery series - with a touch of supernatural. Welcome to Holmestead, England - where an American ex-pat, an archaeologist, and murder turn this picture postcard village upside down.

Life sure did get interesting for Sadie Alden once she moved to Hallow Haven. She now lives in a world of magic, ghosts, and endless possibilities, what more could a girl want? When the local radio contest announces a Battle of the Bands competition, the islands are a buzz with activity. With her friend Kate as the organizer of the event, Sadie is soon dragged along as a judge. It’s all anyone is talking about, and soon she realizes that people are willing to do anything to win, even kill.

A few months ago, Eden’s sister and brother-in-law were killed in a car accident. Their daughter Maddie is an adult and can live by herself, but they both are the only family each other has left. After months of driving back and forth, Eden is making the move permanent.

Maggie and Martin welcome their newest member of the family and settle into a normal life, all things considered. She is more than happy to hang up her amateur detective hat and become a full-time mother. But when a stranger dies in front of her shop, after warning her that Martin is in danger, she has to find the killer...before Martin becomes their next victim.

For Evie St. Claire, life in Honeysuckle Springs isn't anything like she'd imagined. Sure, the old house is charming, and the smalltown lakeside community is picture perfect. But her kitty roommate Birdie is unpredictable, snarky, and demanding. When a ransom note shows up at Evie's backdoor, she must come clean about her aunt's stolen ashes. She'll also need to decide if she's willing to meet the ransom demands and give up her aunt's spell book, or if she'll search for the culprit herself.

There is a new murder to investigate when a friend of Nikki's turns up dead. It seems that the death might be tied in with ghostly happenings at a new art gallery in town, but there are problems with that theory as well. Meanwhile, a whole new group of guests check in, including a man in town to investigate a century-old murder and a woman seeking answers to her past.

In this fourth book in the Mellow Summers series, Mel finds herself on a new mystery with the ghosts of three little girls. While at the library investigating a ghost story for Tiny, a woman is murdered. As the investigation intensifies, Mel discovers that the victim was not so innocent after all. Embarking on one twist after another, Mel tries to find the murderer and help the three girls cross over.

With her reputation for ghost-cleansing growing, Marie is summoned to exorcise an old manor house, but finds more than she bargained for when an unexpected death occurs. Without her trusted dog, who's so sick that he is sent to the vet indefinitely, Marie must solve the murder and expel the ghosts all by herself.