Sue Ann Jaffarian

KRL Staff Favorite Books of 2024

by Cynthia Chow, Terrance McArthur, Tracy Condie, Sarah Erwin,
& Sandra Murphy



It’s time to look back at the books we reviewed here at KRL over the past year and share with you some of our favorites! We reviewed a LOT of wonderful books last year, and even those who didn’t make the list were definitely worth reading so we hope you check them all out! All of our main reviewers share in this post their top 5-10ish favorite books they reviewed in 2024.

The Ghosts of Misty Hollow By Sue Ann Jaffarian: Review/Giveaway

by Cynthia Chow


Newly engaged, Californians Emma Whitecastle and Phil Bowers have been invited by bestselling crime writer Gino Costello to stay at Misty Hollow, a historic farmhouse in central Massachusetts. While they first met due to their daughters being best friends, it is Emma’s ghostly experiences that have Gino so intrigued and wanting to research for his next novel. The host of her own television show and able to see and talk to ghosts, Emma realizes that this will be anything but a relaxing vacation when they are greeted not only by Gino, but by a family of ghosts expecting her help.

Rhythm & Clues By Sue Ann Jaffarian: Review/Giveaway

by Cynthia Chow


When told that her mother is a bad influence at Seaside Retirement Community, Odelia Grey certainly is not surprised. An alcoholic who disappeared when Odelia was a teenager, Grace Littlejohn may be on the wagon, but she hasn’t slowed down for a second. When Shelita Thomas meets with Odelia for an unfriendly cup of coffee, it is over concerns that Grace is leading Shelita’s father astray and on a wild good chase for a missing resident. Odelia’s opinion is that Shelita should mind her own business, but upon questioning the couple learns that they may have just cause for their concern.

A Body to Spare By Sue Ann Jaffarian: Review/Giveaway

by Cyntha Chow


Considering her history of discovering dead bodies, Odelia Grey should not have been surprised by her friends’ rather jocular reaction to her discovery of a corpse in the trunk of her car. Labeled a “corpse magnet,” Odelia was lulled into complacency by several months during which she had somehow managed to dodge being involved in a murder. That changes when a routine car wash reveals the wedged-in body of Zachary Finch, kidnapped as a fifteen-year-old over eight years ago. Although his wealthy parents paid the two million dollar ransom, Zach was never returned. Until now.

Hell on Wheels: An Odelia Grey Mystery By Sue Ann Jaffarian

by Cynthia Chow


A game of Murder Ball becomes all too real in the ninth mystery featuring paralegal Odelia Patience Grey and her absolutely perfect husband, Greg Stevens. While Greg is an avid athlete who enthusiastically competes in a wheelchair basketball league, as a paraplegic he is not physically impaired enough to qualify for the quad rugby and Paralympic sport where quadriplegics are so ruthless and fearless that they have earned the appropriate nickname.

Dummy of a Ghost: A Ghost of Granny Apples Novella By Sue Ann Jaffarian

by Cynthia Chow


It would be hard to imagine anything more terrifying than a puppet inhabited by the spirit of a ghost. Maybe face-eating zombies or clowns? For Kelly Whitecastle though, it is literally just a matter of family business as she is the daughter of Emma Whitecastle, the host of a popular paranormal television show who has the ability to communicate with ghosts.

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