Doom with a View: A Merry Ghost Inn Mystery

Kingsbury’s delightful sequel to 2016’s Dead and Breakfast finds former financial analyst Melanie West and her spunky grandmother, Liza Harris, ready for the grand opening of their bed-and-breakfast, the Merry Ghost Inn, in Sully’s Landing, Ore. For the first evening, they have hired a magician to entertain their six guests. Unfortunately, one of them, elderly Walter Dexter, does his best to rattle the magician (“I saw better acts than that in kindergarten”). The next morning, Melanie’s dog, Max, starts barking; she follows him outside and discovers Walter lying in the driveway, his head at an odd angle. Worried that Walter’s demise may harm future reservations, Melanie and Liza set out to find out whodunit and restore their business’s good name. Orville, the laughing ghost that haunts the old inn, assists. Revelations concerning Orville’s past as a live person and the mysterious disappearance of Melanie’s mother enhance the sleuthing. Cozy fans with a taste for the paranormal will be rewarded. Agent: Paige Wheeler, CMA Literary Agency. (Sept.)