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Give Up the Ghost: A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery (edition 2015)

by Juliet Blackwell (Author)

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San Francisco millionaire Andrew Flynt wants to sell his Victorian mansion, but ghostly music, the squeaking of a long-disappeared weathervane, and an angry ghost keep running off potential buyers. After a famous psychic is called in, she informs the Flynts that their multi-million-dollar renovations to "update" the home have left its resident ghost extremely agitated. So contractor Mel Turner is engaged to track down and replace some of the original features of the house. But when the beautiful psychic is found stabbed, it appears someone had a very human motive for murder. Now Mel must use her ghost whispering gift to uncover the secrets of the haunted house on the hill, and her sleuthing skills to catch a killer.… (more)
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Title:Give Up the Ghost: A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery
Authors:Juliet Blackwell (Author)
Info:NAL (2015), 336 pages
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I was worried that this series was headed toward a death spiral after finishing the prior book, but other readers encouraged me to keep on, and I’m glad I did. This may be the best one yet. Mel is back to her usual acerbic self, she’s shaking off that boring romance with Mr. Too-Perfect-To-Be-Plausible, and she’s back in San Francisco reveling in historic, but not ancient, architecture. The ghosts are a lot more fun, too. I’m glad, because this has so far been the only cozy mystery series that I’ve enjoyed enough to keep forging ahead with. It’s even been worth spending Audible credits on.

Audiobook, via Audible. The performance by Xe Sands is as enjoyable as ever. I read this for the 2018 Halloween Bingo square Cozy Mystery: a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.
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  Doodlebug34 | Jan 1, 2024 |
I love this series and Mel is a gem.
  Karen74Leigh | Sep 4, 2019 |
I love this series and Mel is a gem. ( )
  Karen74Leigh | Jul 31, 2019 |
restoration, murder, law-enforcement, ghosts

A family of overweening rich folk, a colorful house watcher, an incredibly beautiful psychic, a butchered historic house, a real home restorer, and the ghosts. And the murders. And much more!
Excellent read! Even better when narrated by Xe Sands! ( )
  jetangen4571 | May 12, 2019 |
Seriously funny series. very enjoyable and quick read ( )
  cfulton20 | Dec 5, 2018 |
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San Francisco millionaire Andrew Flynt wants to sell his Victorian mansion, but ghostly music, the squeaking of a long-disappeared weathervane, and an angry ghost keep running off potential buyers. After a famous psychic is called in, she informs the Flynts that their multi-million-dollar renovations to "update" the home have left its resident ghost extremely agitated. So contractor Mel Turner is engaged to track down and replace some of the original features of the house. But when the beautiful psychic is found stabbed, it appears someone had a very human motive for murder. Now Mel must use her ghost whispering gift to uncover the secrets of the haunted house on the hill, and her sleuthing skills to catch a killer.

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