Bailey Burke has had a rough six months—it’s not easy thinking your romantic overtures toward your best friend caused him to kill himself. Except that’s exactly what happened. Ryan is very much dead, having shot himself with his own police-issued gun. Guilt and grief shouldn’t cause hallucinations though, but six months after Ryan went into the ground, Bailey is freaking out and swearing his … ghost is standing in her kitchen. Which he is…
Ryan claims he didn’t commit suicide, but was murdered, and he needs Bailey to help him find his killer so he can earn his ticket out of purgatory. Ryan’s counting on a stairway to heaven, as opposed to wings, since that might be a little unmanly for a cop, even a dead one.
An expert in home design, with her own staging business, Bailey can tell you where to place a couch to improve flow and comfort, but solving a crime? Not her area of expertise. But with help from Ryan’s former partner, Marner, she is unraveling the mystery of what happened to Ryan that day… and unwittingly putting herself in grave danger.
Murder By Design Series
Book 1- Gone With The Ghost
Book 2- Silence of The Ghost
Book 3- Once Upon a Ghost
Book 4- How The Ghost Stole Christmas
Book 5- It’s a Ghost’s Life
Book 6- Ghosts Like it Hot
Bestselling author Erin McCarthy offers her signature humor in this fun series about an uptight fashion-conscious home stager who finds herself stiletto-deep in murder…
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The beginning was not good. Very slow moving. Also, for me too much wasn’t logical and yet I read the whole book.
Cute read. I liked it a lot
This is a cute and quick read.
I enjoyed the book. Kept me guessing what would happen when they solved the mystery. Does the ghost leave? Then what? Read it and find out.
Enjoyed it very much.
Kind of boring, not much depth. Wanted to flip to the end just to see who did it and move on to another book. I was surprised as I usually enjoy this author’s work.
Good read!
This mystery was great fun! Ryan returns from the dead and asks his best friend, Bailey to help find out who murdered him. Along the way, Bailey starts to have feelings for Ryan’s former partner in the police department. It becomes difficult for her to keep investigating Ryan’s death while not telling Jake that she has been talking to Ryan. Who would believe her? Quite funny! I will read all of the books in this series!
Loved it hard to put down
Typical author’s freebie with an unfinished ending planned to hook you into buying more. Unfortunately, the character development wasn’t deep enough for me to get hooked.
Super fun cozy mystery. Fun, exciting, suspenseful, thrilling and romantic too. Love the characters. Great book. I already got the next two.
Loved this book, on the sequel now.
This was a mostly enjoyable read. ‘Cozy with ghosts’ is a nice twist to this genre. The characters are quirky and the mystery is ok. The book could use another pass at proofreading, as my inner-editor got caught up on quite a few missing words (“I don’t what to do” kind-of-thing).
Bailey lost a good friend and has been in mourning for six months. All of a sudden, her dead friend, Ryan appears needing help finding his murder. The police said Ryan killed himself. Bailey isn’t a detective. How is she going to be able to determine who killed Ryan when the police labeled his death suicide?
Loved it!
Charming story
Great read!
Great summer beach read
Enjoyed reading. Interesting situations and fun characters.
This is easy, light reading – perfect for a quiet day at home. The characters in the book are likable and the plot is good. I thought I had the ending figured out a couple of times but there are enough twists in the book to keep you guessing and keep you reading. I would read another in this series when I’m looking for an easy, entertaining read.