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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This was a much better book than I had thought it would be after the first chapter or two. I’d nearly switched to a different book, thinking it was rather too young and too light for my tastes, but had been glad I’d persevered. It was written well and plotted well, and I’d certainly read another book by this author.
I enjoyed it very much. It was light, easy to read, and it kept my interest without being too deep. thinking of ordering the next in the series.
The author knows how to turn a phrase. And the ending left me dying (ha ha) for more. Can’t wait to read the next one!
I am not into “ghost” stories. But because of the humor involved, and the quirky relationships exposed in the book, I enjoyed this light-hearted mystery. The solving of the murder wasn’t easy to figure out, either. Good read!
Good read but you have to read the next book
Yep, can definitely see this one as a series. How can you beat honest to God real ghosts with real problems needing a human to help solve them so they can be at peace with themselves?
Once I read this I bought and read the rest of this series, because the heroine’s sass was entertaining.
This book was a quick fun read and left you wanting more.
Cute
Enjoyed the dead asking for help
Enjoyed
A fun fantasy read.
Fun Read!
This book was fun and a nice easy read
I can’t wait to read the next in the series.
Entertaining and funny. Enjoyed taking a break from suspense novels. Would recommend this book
Light hearted and a bit of a lesson learner. Not everyone you love is as they seem.
Good read!
I like mysteries and ghost stories, and it was both.
I really enjoyed this book. It’s the first one I ‘ve read, very entertaining with just enough twist until you finally figure out who did it.