When the bitterly cold days of January descend on Cleveland, Bailey Burke finds her “Put It Where?” home staging business is as frozen as her toes. The only bright spot is the return of her friend Ryan after his, ahem, eviction from heaven. Especially since no other dead people seem to be harassing her in recent weeks. Yet when her grandmother’s bingo buddy turns up frozen solid in a stranger’s … stranger’s back yard, Bailey is the only one who finds the death suspicious. Bailey knows fashion and she knows Vera, a one-time film star, would not be caught dead, literally, in a stained nightgown and cheetah-print boots. Determined it prove it is homicide and not dementia, she enlists Ryan’s help to investigate, despite his ghostly limitations.
This time Bailey is ready to play it smart, solve the crime, have the bad guy do the time… only all is fair game when it comes to eccentric backstabbing biddies at bingo.
A full-length novel in the hilarious Murder By Design series…
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Learning about medium skills from a crappy book from her bestie, bad plan. No protection, no sealing things- living nightmare of dead activity ahead honey. Try something from Rosemary Althea instead!
Mostly hilarious encounters with her also ghost seeing Gran, cop boyfriend, and dysfunctional parents. Add in the dead former partner of her beau, combined with random drop in spirits. So fun to read!
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After the death of her best friend Ryan, Bailey Burke discovers she is a medium. But not your average medium; no, she only sees dead people that have been murdered. When her grandma’s best friend and bingo buddy Vera is found dead having frozen solid in her backyard, Bailey realizes more is happening than meets the eye when Vera appears before her.
If that isn’t bad enough, Ryan’s ghost also starts making appearances and tells Bailey he has been evicted from Heaven and that she must meet a quota as a medium. He is here to help her, but Bailey doesn’t know how her boyfriend Jake is going to feel about how his once partner and rival is somehow back in the picture.
Bailey is a bumbling medium who is still learning the tricks of the trade, so she relies on her intuition and accidental circumstances to guide her through. This is a delightful cozy mystery written with humor, quirky and fun-loving characters, lots of madcap adventure, mystery, and tons of twists and turns.
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Another fun and entertaining book to the series. The author does a great job bringing a cast of colorful characters .. both dead and alive .. and weaves a laugh out loud murder mystery. She brings both the characters and scenes alive with her descriptive writing and vividly painted scenes. I loved the characters banter as well as the story line and would recommend this book.
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Book five in the Murder by Design series it is well written, and I found myself smiling throughout it. I hope there is going to be another book in this series. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Vera, her grandmother’s vibrant and outgoing friend, lived life with passion and a great sense of style. After spending the day shopping with Vera and her grandmother, Bailey was shocked that Vera had been found frozen to death in her backyard that same night. Bailey is a medium and her ghost friend Jake shows up saying they have a quota. Vera also shows up, meaning it was murder. The police believe she was just a mixed up old lady, so it is left up to Bailey to solve her murder.
This is a great paranormal cozy mystery about a woman who sees ghosts. The characters are full of personality and are likeable if not a bit kooky and unique. The murder mystery is chalked full of dead ends, surprising twists, dangerous situations and unerpected obstacles. The main character has to juggle her family, friends, romantic interest, her job, and demanding ghosts, all while trying to solve a murder no one believes is a murder. It is witty, charming and funny. This book is part of the Murder By Design series but can be read as a stand-alone, only be prepared to want to read all the books in the series.
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I loved this fun story of Bailey and her antics. I have not read any of these stories in the series prior but looks like I might have to because this book is so interesting and fun. I highly recommend this book.
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A Cute, Lighthearted Summer Beach Read
Unfortunately I skipped books 2-4 in this series, so I missed some key material. However, despite this, it was pretty easy to pick it back up again. I found this book to be cute. It was lighthearted and fun, without any deep-seated issues or significant past hurts. Bailey already has a boyfriend and there isn’t a crisis in their relationship to overcome. She has already moved past her earlier feelings about her best friend. She finds out that she has a monthly quota of murders to solve and is visited by multiple ghosts while trying to do so. Her friend Ryan gives a little guidance and Bailey has a series of misadventures along the way. In some ways it reminded me of a lighter version of a Janet Evanovich mystery with a combination of comedy and a mystery to solve with an established romance continuing in the background. This one wasn’t as funny as the car racing series, but I’d say it would be a good beach read for this summer, so give it a try.
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Laugh out loud fun, emotionally exciting, magically engaging and action packed adventure filled with danger, mystery, paranormal thrills and heart pounding twists… was a great read from beginning to end. This is a great read and I look forward to the next Murder by Design adventure.
This is the first book that I’ve read in this series. I had no trouble following it at all! I also plan on reading more of it and hopefully finding time to read from the beginning. I really liked the characters. I was also shocked at who the murderer was. It took me by surprise. Especially the reason why. Looking forward to more!
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Wish I had read the previous books.
This was the first book for me in this series and it was great. Bailey is supposed to be a medium, but you would never know it, she is terrible at it. Ryan, Grandma Burke and Vera are funny and great characters. Vera is 95 and all about fashion, Ryan is a ghost and former partner of Bailey’s boyfriend Jake, who is a cop. There is a murder, the police determined it was a case of dementia, but Bailey knew better. Join her and the gang, alive and dead, as they solve the murder.
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Bailey Burke was shopping with her friend Alyssa, her grandmother Burke, and her grandmother’s stylish and vibrant 95-year-old friend Vera. She was thinking of Jake Marner, her super-hot detective boyfriend who sort of believes that she really sees ghosts. It started when Ryan showed up, dead eight months and suddenly there he was, telling Bailey she had to solve his murder. After that, other ghosts made an appearance.
While on a date with Jake, Bailey’s grandmother called her, distraught that Vera had just been found dead and frozen in the backyard, headfirst in the snow! As she and Jake were leaving the bar, Vera popped up for a moment. Bailey knew something was off about her death – she would never go outside like that in a thin nightgown and a pair of $2,000 mohair high-heel boots! She was the very epitome of fashion sense! When Jake called the other precinct to find out what the investigation showed, they were saying it was dementia! Bailey had been shopping with her a couple hours ago – Vera was not at all confused as they said. If the police wouldn’t investigate this obvious homicide, then Bailey would do it! Would the murderer try to stop her if she seems to be making progress?
This was a good story that I really enjoyed. The characters were very well portrayed so that the reader could actually feel their personalities. Adding Ryan the ghost to the mix was really fun since his irreverent joking always got a rise out of Bailey. Follow the clues with Bailey and see if you are able to figure out who would have killed Vera – and why!