Monday, October 9, 2023

Six titles featuring ghosts with unfinished business

Meredith R. Lyons grew up in New Orleans, collecting two degrees from Louisiana State University before running away to Chicago to be an actor. In between plays, she got her black belt and made martial arts and yoga her full-time day job. She fought in the Chicago Golden Gloves, ran the Chicago Marathon, and competed for team U.S.A. in the savate world championships in Paris. In spite of doing each of these things twice, she couldn’t stay warm and relocated to Nashville. She owns several swords, but lives a non-violent life, saving all swashbuckling for the page, knitting scarves, gardening, visiting coffee shops, and cuddling with her husband and two panther-sized cats. Ghost Tamer is her first novel.

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At CrimeReads Lyons tagged a "collection of unfinished business stories both long and short, creepy and slightly campy," including:
The Retired Witches Mystery series by Joyce and Jim Lavene

What could be better for spooky season than a ghost-witch combo? I love the delightful addition of witch familiars as cats who were humans in a previous life. This coven of witches was just getting prepped for retirement when one of them dies. Olivia won’t move on, however, as her unfinished business involves helping her coven achieve their goals. A fabulous fall cozy series.
Read about the other entries on the list.

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