A Halloween tradition, a ghost with amnesia, and a friend in crisis, collide in this haunting small town paranormal mystery set on the picturesque Oregon Coast. Amanda and the gang stumble upon a ghost who can’t seem to remember who she was in life or where she left her body. Unable to move on until these critical questions are answered, the gang slide into sleuth mode to help the confused … confused specter. When a second girl turns up dead and a third goes missing, Amanda realizes the stakes are much higher than she first thought.
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Missing By The Sea
Haunting By The Sea, Book #3
Kathi Daley
5 Stars
Synopsis:
A Halloween tradition, a ghost with amnesia, and a friend in crisis, collide in this haunting small town paranormal mystery set on the picturesque Oregon Coast. Amanda and the gang stumble upon a ghost who can’t seem to remember who she was in life or where she left her body. Unable to move on until these critical questions are answered, the gang slide into sleuth mode to help the confused specter. When a second girl turns up dead and a third goes missing, Amanda realizes the stakes are much higher than she first thought. (Goodreads)
Review:
The characters are well rounded and well developed. I love spending time with Amanda and her friends (and her inner self Alyson). They all get along well and they are very good at solving mysteries. Amanda is such a caring person and you can tell that she really wants to help the ghosts that appear to her and she feels deeply saddened. I love the paranormal aspect to this series.
The author is very talented in her descriptive writing and she pulls you right into the story from the start and drags the reader along on a great journey. The writing style flows smoothly and the book is an easy read. The mystery is well plotted and had enough clues to sift through and was not easily solved.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a well crafted cozy. Grab a copy of this book and enjoy yourself.
While out enjoying a walk along a bluff going to a waterfall, Amanda and the gang stumble upon a ghost with amnesia and Amanda’s dog, Sunny, brings them a bloody tennis shoe. They find the body of a young girl but it turns out that there’s much more going on than first thought. Can Amanda and Alyson get through to the ghost and help her find her memories? And can they stop a killer on the loose?
This was an excellent read. I was hooked from start to end. I love the interaction between the characters. The book’s well-written and it keeps you on your toes while reading. I highly recommend both book and series which I suggest you read in order. For even better knowledge, read the Seacliff High series first.
“Missing by the Sea” earns 5/5 Ghostly Apparitions…Entertaining Fun!
The brisk hike through the woods with friends and a couple of “fur” buddies leads to one “buddy” finding a bloody shoe, and Amanda? She has a niggling feeling, sees movement in the trees, and…“Is someone there?” She finds the apparition of a young woman with no memory of who she is or how she came to be…another ghost in need. A more purposeful search unfortunately uncovers a blood trail and a shallow grave. Again a favorite series with just the right amount of the paranormal. Not juvenile…no hocus-pocus. It all works well and is very engaging. But the past rears its head… Amanda receives a cryptic message with a photo that brings back issues that over a decade ago put her in witness protection. The story may be set in October with the changing of seasons, harvesting of pumpkins, and prepping for Halloween activities, but Kathi Daley’s focus is on the mystery, the characters, and their interactions making “Missing by the Sea” perfect at anytime of the year. Although her characters were teens developed through the seven-book Seacliff High series, they continue to grow and act/react in entertaining adult ways. I am a fan of the first-person narrative which Kathi writes very well. Readers, like myself, can put themselves in the story with an engaging “I” perspective that shares Amanda’s inner thoughts, descriptions, and emotions. Animal lovers, too, can enjoy how the “fur” friends are part of the family. And relationships, friends, and family are always at the center. Entertaining! Engaging! Clever!
Life was good, Amanda was happy about deciding to stay in Cutter’s Cove and having her two best friends Mac and Trevor back in her daily life and well things just couldn’t be better. She was looking forward to this new step in her life and finally feeling settled. While out on a nature walk with her friends Amanda’s dog brings her a shoe, the problem, it has blood all over it. Amanda is worried that someone is hurt or injured and immediately starts everyone out looking to help the owner of said shoe. When a ghost appears to her she realizes the owner of the shoe is dead but still wants to help her cross over. The ghost doesn’t remember who she is much less what happened to her and doesn’t want to leave without answers so the gang will have to look for answers the old fashioned way. When another body is found and another ghost appears she is able to give Amanda a few clues into how they ended up dead. They also learn that there is another girl but they don’t know whether she is alive or if she too is dead like the others. Follow along as they search for answers in hopes of saving the last girl and bringing a killer to justice. Daley knows how to weave a wonderful mystery together that will have you looking for clues right along with the characters. This is such a great paranormal cozy mystery series, I always look forward to each new read.
Missing by the Sea is the third book in the Haunting by the Sea series. Amanda can see and hear ghosts. She ends up helping to solve the mystery of what happened to a young girl, and while investigating, becomes embroiled in a bigger mystery than she anticipated. This story hooked me from the start, and I couldn’t put it down. I really enjoyed it, and I definitely recommend it. You can’t go wrong!
Missing By The Sea ( Haunting By The Sea-Book 3 )
By; Kathi Daley
Missing By The Sea is book three by Kathi Daley in Haunting By The Sea Series. The author has a way of drawing you in right at the start and you are hooked. The story is well written and the characters well developed. The gang gets involved after Amanda’s dog finds a bloody shoe. We have ghosts and serial killers in this story. Can Amanda and her special gift help find a serial killer ? I love reading about the characters that was teens and now all grown up. There is some romance in Missing By The Sea.
A Ghost with Amnesia
Missing by the Sea is the third book in Kathi Daley’s Haunting by the Sea series. This series picks up ten years after the last book in Ms. Daley’s awesome Seacliff High series, but it isn’t necessary to have read the previous series before starting this one because sufficient character background is provided. This well-plotted mystery is intriguing and the affable characters are well developed. This is a clean cozy mystery with paranormal activity.
Amanda Parker has returned Oregon after living in New York for ten years. Amanda, who was known as Alyson Prescott and her mother, Estelle, first moved to the small seaside community while in the Witness Protection Program. Amanda is a freelance graphic artist and photographer and has the ability to see and hear ghosts. She doesn’t know why she has this gift, but most of the time is glad she’s has the ability help ghosts trapped in this world to move on. Estelle is a talented artist and is still living in New York, but visits as often as she can. One of her best friends, Mackenzie “Mac” Reynolds, has moved in with Amanda and started her own company and her other best friend, Trevor Johnson, is happy to have his two best friends living in Cutter’s Cove again. Amanda, Mac, and Trevor help Officer Woody Baker solve murders. Amanda receives a disturbing message and contacts her handler Witness Protection Program, Donovan, who’s monitoring the situation.
While enjoying a walk with her two friends and two dogs, Sunny, the golden retriever she found on the side of the road and adopted, wanders off from the group and when Amanda finds her, she’s found a bloody tennis shoe and a lost and frightened ghost appears. The young spirit can’t remember her name, where her body is, or what happened to her. Amanda and Sunny find her body and call Woody. Before long, another spirit, who says her name is Josie, presents herself to Amanda and asks for help. Amanda and her friends move into their sleuthing mode to help the ghosts find out who hurt them so they can cross over. Alyson, who appeared to Amanda as an apparition when she first came back to Cutter’s Cove, is now one with Amanda, but has the ability to show up when Amanda needs help, as is the case with these two ghosts. Shadow, Amanda’s cat, can see Alyson and the ghosts who came into her life, and he helps calm these young women. Ty Matthews, Mac’s business partner and possible beau, helps them try to identify the girls.