Something was wrong. Maeve could feel it. She could see it in the secretary’s stolen glance as she bowed her head and turned away. She could tell by the way Arthur refused to look at her, pouring over the papers… Read More ›
Book Reviews
Debbie Young // Murder In The Manger
Ella pulled her copy out of her bag and opened it at the first page, which to my relief showed only a couple of tiny edits. I’d half-expected to see it covered in red ink with “Must try harder” scrawled… Read More ›
Gretchen Archer // Double Deck The Halls
One of my great-granddaughters—I couldn’t tell them apart for love nor money; I called them both Sugar—pulled her halo off her head and was trying to put it on Davis’s. Davis peeked around it. “Granny, Bianca’s not here yet.” … Read More ›
Tonya Kappes // Tangled Up in Tinsel
Seeing Poppa’s ghost was no big deal, I’d gotten used to it. The reason I was nervous about seeing his ghost was the fear. The only time the ghost of my Poppa came to see me was when there was… Read More ›
Doris Miles Disney // Trick Or Treat
Only silence came from the inside the sheet. Two eyes stared at Edna through the holes cut for them; below was another hole for the mouth. Red Ridinghood called from the living room, “That’s a mighty quiet ghost you’ve got… Read More ›
Sybil Johnson // Designed For Haunting
“I think I have a stalker,” the message read. “If you’re reading this I’m either missing or dead. My life may depend on what you do. Please find out what happened to me. You’re the only one I can trust.”… Read More ›
Cynthia Manson (Editor) // Mystery For Halloween
She was an old cat, coal black, lean and ugly. Her right ear had been chewed and her old hide showed scars, but she had a regal look when she sat under the rosebushes in the plaza and surveyed us… Read More ›
Lynn Cahoon // A Deadly Brew
The planchette started to move on the board. Darla called out the letters as Esmerelda paused. Her arms felt loose and unresponsive under my hand. I would have sworn she wasn’t moving at all, yet I watched the letters being… Read More ›
Auralee Wallace // Haunted Hayride with Murder
I scanned the trees with my flashlight. “I think we’ve found our—Freddie? Where did you go?” I spun my flashlight around only to have it land on him perched atop a boulder at the side of the trail. “What are… Read More ›
Anthony Horowitz // The Word Is Murder
Diana Cowper had planned her own funeral and she was going to need it. She was murdered about six hours later that same day. Title: The Word is Murder Author: Anthony Horowitz Publisher: Century, August 24, 2017 Format/Source: Hardcover, Bookstore ISBN: 9781780896847 … Read More ›
