Author: Angie Fox
Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
Publisher: Moose Island Books
Publication Date: January 2020
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Buy the Book: Amazon | BN | Audible
Description: A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone…even a dead someone…must have witnessed the crime.
Her ghostly sidekick Frankie warns her to stay out of it. The very alive, very handsome deputy sheriff, Ellis Wydell, inadvertently places her directly in the middle of it. And her ex-fiancé, Ellis’s brother, is back with an agenda of his own.
Undaunted, Verity presses forward, uncovering scandalous secrets, long-forgotten ghosts, and a shocking trail of clues that places her directly in the path of a killer.
My Thoughts: Verity, Ellis, gangster ghost Frankie and the adorable Lucy the skunk are back in another ghostly adventure that draws on the historic battle of Sugarland during the Civil War, secrets taken to the grave and worth killing over and scandal sweeter than the iced tea served on the veranda with a twist of mint.
One of the things I enjoy about this series is that there is no shortage of ghosts. Anywhere one goes in the town of Sugarland, Tennessee, running into a ghost or some type of paranormal phenomenon is most likely a certainty. In Verity Long’s case, it’s an absolute, especially in the town library.
After a murder occurs in the library, it appears that there could be witnesses, even though those witnesses have been dead since the Civil War. Meeting the ghosts that inhabit the library was more entertaining than figuring out who is behind the murder, as well as meeting a ghost who happens to enjoy reading. This ghost is hooked on Anne Rice’s Interview With a Vampire series and is hoping Verity will assist him with acquiring a copy of The Vampire Lestat. In addition to Frankie, I really hope ghosts Verity has already met will continue to appear throughout the series.
The story is easy to follow and the audio narration performed by Tavia Gilbert is enjoyable. The budding romance between Verity and Ellis is not the primary focus of the stories at this point. I am eager to see how that develops and hope it turns Ellis’s mother’s hair white. Learning about Frankie’s connection to the Wydell family in this story was interesting too. I am looking forward to Verity’s next adventure.
My Final Verdict: Readers who enjoy cozy mysteries as well as readers who like charming stories filled with interesting characters and adorable skunks should give this series a look. I recommend reading the series in order to better understand the various backgrounds of the characters.
Thank you to the publisher, Moose Island Books, who provided an advance reader copy of this book via NetGalley.
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