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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I want to read the next book in the series now.
Light reading. Enjoyable
I want a friendly ghost like Ryan.
Bailey’s BFF,Ryan has woken up dead and needs Bailey’s help. Ryan wants to know what happened to him.
There is the story and it is such fun.
I enjoyed every funny page.
Very light reading. A little too long for the shallow plot they had going.
Love the storyline – can’t wait to read more!
Great book
Light yet fun.
Whimsical is probably the best descriptor of this ghostly mystery. It was very light and more funny than having a mystery.
Boring.
Terrible writing. Could not make sense of the story
I liked the book but the ending could have been better.
At first, I thought I wouldn’t like it, but it was kind of like a car wreck on the freeway and I couldn’t look away. I kept reading. When I finished, I was interested enough in the characters and what was going to happen in the future that I looked for the next book. It is a pretty quick easy read.
It was a fun and easy read with a creative flair. I did want the characters to be a little more developed.
I really enjoyed this story. I liked that it showed that sometimes things and people are not as they appear. Good lesson there.
Usually I can figure out a mystery by the half or three quarters point, this had me guessing until the end! I could barely put it down to sleep & had to start reading first thing in the morning to find the solution. Will definitely be reading more in the series!
McCarthy has found a witty, likeable main character who stumbles into murders when asked to by ghosts.
Bailey really has a way of being in the thick of a mess. I didn’t see it coming. #2 is going to be a doozie. Good mystery with enough twists to make you dizzy.
Cute book and easy fun read.
Good story, but a little slow movies at time.
this was a cute book to read and want to read the next one.