Dead and Breakfast, Kate Kingsbury
Dead and Breakfast, Kate Kingsbury
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Dead and Breakfast
A Merry Ghost Inn Mystery

Author: Kate Kingsbury

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 7 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/10/2017

Synopsis

Melanie West is getting her life back on track after a messy divorce when her grandmother, Liza Harris, asks her to join her in opening a bed-and-breakfast inn. Together, Liza and Melanie purchase a purportedly haunted mansion on the Oregon coast and jump right into clearing out the cobwebs. But while attempting to remove wallpaper in an upstairs bedroom, the new B&B owners stumble upon a very real skeleton in their closet.The police suspect the skeleton is that of the wife of the previous owner of the B&B, but no one in town seems to want to say much about her. As the inn owners try to juggle renovations with their own amateur investigations, their grand opening looms closer and closer—and a friendly ghost in their walls starts playing tricks. But it all comes crashing to a halt when a new body is found stabbed to death on the beach below the inn—the victim chillingly close in resemblance to Melanie herself.It seems someone doesn’t appreciate newcomers prying into the small town’s past, and now it’s up to Melanie and Liza to get to the bottom of these murders to save their business—and their lives.

About Kate Kingsbury

Kate Kingsbury is the author of mystery novels, including the Merry Ghost Inn series, the Pennyfoot Hotel series, and the Manor House mysteries. She grew up in London, England, and at a very early age began telling stories to her school friends during the London Blitz of WW II while huddling in bomb shelters. She moved to the United States in the 1960s and has since published more than fifty romance and mystery novels.

About Tavia Gilbert

Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jody

This seemed almost like an adult cozy for children. The plot was formulaic, the case was simple, the clue was easily spotted, etc. The adult parts all happened in the past; the present is all PG. Even the ghost was super lame. The only thing I liked about this whole book was the dog. And I pretty mu......more

Goodreads review by Carrie

After a messy divorce Melanie West decides to take her grandmother up on opening up a bed and breakfast in the small town on the Oregon coast. The ladies have already named their upcoming B&B the The Merry Ghost Inn due to the rumors that the house they've purchased is haunted and it doesn't take lo......more

Goodreads review by Julie

To recover from a bad divorce, Melanie enters a business partnership with her grandmother, Liza. They buy a fixer-upper mansion on the Oregon coast to renovate and open a B&B. The locals say the old house is haunted, so they go with the flow and name it The Merry Ghost Inn. Just as they start renova......more

Quotes

“A charming grandmother and granddaughter duo, unsettling small-town secrets, and a long-hidden skeleton at the Merry Ghost Inn add up to a winning debut for this ghostly cozy series.” Juliet Blackwell, New York Times bestselling author

“This is one of those rare cozies that do justice and pride to that awesome Murder She Wrote type of perfection.” Suspense Magazine

“Utterly addicting.” Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick)

“A consistently compelling read from cover to cover, Dead and Breakfast is another outstanding novel in the…Merry Ghost Inn Mystery series and continues to reveal author Kate Kingsbury as a master of the genre.” Midwest Book Review

“A new series with likable characters and a beautiful setting.” Kirkus Reviews

“Kingsbury’s crime-solving pair—youngish granddaughter and eccentric senior—are wonderfully appealing.” Booklist

“Enjoyable…This cozy’s focus is firmly on the living, in particular, Liza and Melanie’s partnership and Melanie’s continuing secret search for her long-lost mother.” Publishers Weekly

“Who wouldn’t want to open a B&B on the Oregon coast after reading Kingsbury’s delightful mystery?” Library Journal

“A laughing ghost, a winsome dog, and a charming Oregon coastal village make the Merry Ghost Inn Mysteries a place you’ll want to visit again and again.” Leslie Budewitz, Agatha Award–winning author

“West-coast setting, B&B with a secret room, and a skeleton. What’s not to love?…A must read.” Carolyn Haines, USA Today bestselling author

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