paranormal

Oct 2015 24

The Skeleton Haunts a House By Leigh Perry: Review/Giveaway

2015 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cyntha Chow

Not surprisingly, Halloween is Sid’s favorite day of the year. He’s a sentient skeleton who regained his consciousness (but not his flesh), and Halloween is the one occasion where he can walk around outside unnoticed. Due to recent activities that have spooked more than one resident of Pennycross, Massachusetts, Sid submits to a rare moment of discretion and chooses to don a full body suit to be the Scooby-Doo to Georgia Thackery’s Velma. Dressed in these costumes, Georgia and her childhood companion Sid, will be able to enjoy the Halloween Howl, Pennycross’s month-long event topped off by the haunted house of McQuaid University’s “McHades Hall.”

Oct 2015 24

Look Both Ways (A Witch City Mystery) By Carol J. Perry: Review/Giveaway

2015 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cyntha Chow

After her television show as a television psychic was cancelled, Lee Bartlett began her life over by returning home to live with her aunt in Salem, Massachusetts. An opportunity to teach television production at the Tabitha Trumbull Academy of the Arts has given her a path toward a new career, and a fire at her Aunt Isobel Russell's home has Lee rebuilding from scratch in their renovated upstairs apartment.

Oct 2015 17

Ghost of a Potion By Heather Blake: Review/Giveaway

2015 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cyntha Chow

It’s Halloween in Hitching Post, Alabama, and despite what one would assume, it’s a holiday that white magic witch and empath Carly Bell Hartwell wishes didn’t exist. For on All Hallow’s Eve a portal between the worlds opens, and ghosts needing an empath’s help come calling before the door closes on All Soul’s Day, two days later.

Oct 2015 10

Three Hauntings for Halloween: Ghostly mysteries by Alice Hoffman, Kate Ellis & Paul Gallico

2015 Articles, Fantasy & Fangs, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sharon Tucker

by Sharon Tucker

As Halloween draws near, a good ghost story is just the thing to read. Of the ghostly tales out there, Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic (1995), Kate Ellis’s Watching the Ghosts (1979) and Paull Gallico’s Too Many Ghosts (1959) appealed to me this fall largely because, of all the ones I looked at, each of these is unusual in style and approach.

Sep 2015 26

Second to Nun By Alice Loweecey

2015 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cyntha Chow

In the years since she left the convent, Giulia Driscoll has transformed remarkably. Not only is she an accomplished and professional private investigator, she is also the very happy wife of police detective Frank Falcone. While she and her staff at Driscoll Investigations are perfectly comfortable catching philandering cheaters and insurance fraud, Giulia is more than a little startled to have her latest case be an undercover mission to exorcise a malicious ghost. MacAlister Stone was told by a New Age Tarot Card reader that Giulia is the Veiled Woman who can solve Mac’s problems, and while Giulia might doubt that proclamation, she doesn’t question the fee.

Sep 2015 5

Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes By Denise Grover Swank

2015 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy

Rose Gardner is twenty-four years old and has lived under her mother’s thumb all that time. She wears nondescript, ill-fitting clothes, has never dated, and does all the cooking, cleaning and other chores while her mother watches television. It’s better than when she was a kid—then, Mom locked her in the closet for being weird.

Aug 2015 8

August Food Mysteries From Penguin

2015 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Cyntha Chow
& Sandra Murphy

Here are some more wonderful food mysteries from Penguin authors-Berried Secrets by Peg Cochran, If Onions Could Spring Leeks by Paige Shelton, A Dish Best Served Cold by Rosie Genova, and Dream a Little Scream: A Dream Club Mystery By Mary Kennedy. Details on how to win copies of all 4 books at the end of this post, along with a link to purchase them.

Jun 2015 27

All Dressed Up and No Place to Haunt: A Haunted Vintage Mystery By Rose Pressey

2015 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cyntha Chow

The owner of Vintage, Y’All clothing boutique, Cassandra “Cookie” Chanel is thrilled that Moonlight and Magnolias is filming in her town of Sugar Creek, Georgia. What is less enjoyable but not entirely surprising (considering her last experience with the supernatural) is Cookie’s encounter with the ghost of Alice Neill. Alice is the previous owner of one of the 1940s dresses Cookie provided for the movie, but to Cookie’s surprise Alice has no interest in having her own death investigated.

Jun 2015 20

Ripped from the Pages: A Bibliophile Mystery By Kate Carlisle

2015 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cyntha Chow

When a home renovation forces Brooklyn Wainwright to live temporarily back in Dharma, California, no one wants to mention the high probability that it will end in murder. The only real question is whether it will be a result of Brooklyn's recent incarnation as a "murder magnet" or from living near her parents. Brooklyn may love her mother, but the compulsively organized, book-obsessed daughter couldn't be any more different from the Wiccan Grand Raven Mistress of the Celtic Goddess Coven of greater Sonoma County.

Jan 2015 24

A Seamless Murder By Melissa Bourbon

2015 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy

The Cassidy family thinks it’s magic. It could just be a talent. Since Harlow is a descendant of Butch Cassidy (yes, that one), you might lean more toward the magical side of things.