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Doom with a View

A Merry Ghost Inn Mystery

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Doom with a View

By: Kate Kingsbury
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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With the arrival of six senior reading group members at the Merry Ghost Inn, the long-awaited grand opening week has finally begun for Melanie West and her grandmother Liza. All is well with the Oregon coast-side B&B until Melanie's dog, Max, finds the dead body of one of their guests.

Everyone at the inn immediately falls under suspicion, including the innkeepers themselves. Melanie and Liza are not sure who they can trust, and the idea of cohabitating with a murderer is enough to send chills down anyone's spine. To make matters worse, the curmudgeonly town detective wants them to steer clear of the investigation, but doesn't seem too inspired to solve the case in a timely fashion himself. To clear their own names and to avoid the blight on the inn's reputation that yet another dead body will bring, Melanie and Liza dive headlong into the murder investigation.

With a little help from their chuckling ghost, Melanie and Liza dodge the detective, tip-toe around their suspicious guests, and still serve up delicious bed-and-breakfast meals on time in Kate Kingsbury's delightful second Merry Ghost Inn mystery, Doom with a View.

©2017 Kate Kingsbury (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Amateur Sleuths Cosy Crime Detective Fiction Murder Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Ghost Haunted Cosy Mysteries

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Loved the story line it was easy to listen too. The plot had some twists and turns look forward to listening to the next one. Highly recommend this book for a light good hearted murder.

Cosy Mystery at its best

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The narrater is very good, as is the story, but the main character can be quite annoying: she wimpers and whines a lot, and I just want to grab her by the shoulders and tell her to "grow a pair". This is the only reason I've only given 14/15 stars, a completely personal choice.

main character is annoying

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enjoy this fun and light ghostly murder mystery follow the duo as they muddle their way to the culprit and annoy the detective whilst they are at it

fun and light

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I enjoyed this book. This is book two in the series and is very much like the first one with a giggling ghost leaving behind clues to help solve a murder but this time there are guests in the B&B. I like the fact that the ghost continues to help but with no sightings, just unexplained noises, it could still be blamed on an old house, it makes it for an entertaining listen as you wonder how much longer they can explain the strange happenings away. I like the characters and there is some nice banter and relationship set ups to help develop the characters and make them like able. The mystery was interesting and had a number of possible suspects but enough clues for you to work out the killer for yourself. Off to start the next book.
Melanie thought it would never happen but she and her Grandmother finally have there first paying customers in there newly opened haunted B&B. A book club from a retirement village has booked in for a week but things don't go as planed the magician hired to entertain them on there first night is heckled. Then the heckler is found dead from an accidental fall off his balcony. Accidental? Suicide? Or was he pushed? Then the police discover his railing had been tampered with. Melanie and her Grandmother were only out on the balcony the day before and it was fine then, meaning somebody cut the railing. With there guests the only ones in the area that knows him or had the opportunity they are unable to leave. That is of course as long as there new employee and her boyfriend, the magician aren't to blame. Can Melanie and her Grandmother find the motive for the murder? So they can welcome the next set of guests? Maybe with help from the resident ghost and a fake seance.
I like the narrator. She used some really good voices to bring the characters to life and I especially like the distinctive voice she uses for the grandmother.

Guests arrive and so does a killer

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The narrator is really good at the quick changes with the accents; plot is thought provoking to make you think about who did it, but this one was quite easy to guess from about 1/3 of way through!

Easy listening

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