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Book 19, 2015
Mar. 1st, 2015 09:39 pmEarlier this evening, I finished reading An Uninvited Ghost by EJ Copperman. It's the second in the "Haunted Guesthouse" mystery series.
Alison's home has been renovated, and now she is finally able to open for business. Her first guests are several senior citizens who are intrigued with the notion of staying at a haunted guesthouse. Alison has gotten her two resident ghosts to cooperate by putting on regular "shows" for the guests. In exchange, Alison had to get her private investigator license and promise Paul that she will assist him with any investigations he wishes to conduct. She never expected anyone to seek out a dead detective, but as luck would have it, another ghost has come to Paul (and Alison, by default) for help.
Scott was recruited to play a prank on an old lady, but he fears he may have accidentally killed her. He wants Paul and Alison to find out for sure if the woman is alive or dead. Alison discovers that the woman is very much alive, that is until she joins Alison's guests for a seance and is murdered in the guesthouse.
In the meantime, a reality TV production has contracted with Alison to film at her home, which she quickly comes to regret. When one of their main stars goes missing, the producer asks Alison to investigate the girl's disappearance.
There was a lot going on with the plot, but I never felt like it was a jumbled mish-mash. The action was fast-paced, as you can imagine, and Alison is as sharp-witted and sarcastic as usual when dealing with all of the monkey wrenches being thrown her way.
Four clovers:
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Alison's home has been renovated, and now she is finally able to open for business. Her first guests are several senior citizens who are intrigued with the notion of staying at a haunted guesthouse. Alison has gotten her two resident ghosts to cooperate by putting on regular "shows" for the guests. In exchange, Alison had to get her private investigator license and promise Paul that she will assist him with any investigations he wishes to conduct. She never expected anyone to seek out a dead detective, but as luck would have it, another ghost has come to Paul (and Alison, by default) for help.
Scott was recruited to play a prank on an old lady, but he fears he may have accidentally killed her. He wants Paul and Alison to find out for sure if the woman is alive or dead. Alison discovers that the woman is very much alive, that is until she joins Alison's guests for a seance and is murdered in the guesthouse.
In the meantime, a reality TV production has contracted with Alison to film at her home, which she quickly comes to regret. When one of their main stars goes missing, the producer asks Alison to investigate the girl's disappearance.
There was a lot going on with the plot, but I never felt like it was a jumbled mish-mash. The action was fast-paced, as you can imagine, and Alison is as sharp-witted and sarcastic as usual when dealing with all of the monkey wrenches being thrown her way.
Four clovers:
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