Publisher: Berkley
Published: December 2, 2014
ISBN: 978-0425262566
Genre: Cozy
Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina myreviewbooks@aol.com
THREE HEARTS
It’s fall—October and the town of Wagtail is celebrating
HOWLoween! And this year the town is all abuzz with the arrival of the Apparition
Apprehenders – a cadre of ghost hunters there to film a television pilot. At the core of their investigation is the
purportedly haunted Wagtail Springs Hotel and the town’s resident ghost, Becca
Wraith. With a combination of town
residents and out-of-towners there for not just the TV show, but for the town’s
events things get interesting quickly. But
just as things kick off several rather disconcerting things happen…
First a woman named Mallory arrives in town and announces she’s
on the verge of wedding Mark, one of the Apparition Apprehenders who happens to
live in Wagtail. This comes as new to
Mark.
Then Eva, a paranormal debunker arrives, more than ready to
prove there is no such things as ghosts.
But if there aren’t, why is there a strange orb floating around the hotel
reception area? Why are items going
missing? And who is the strange woman
who is pacing back and forth through the corridors of the hotel only to
disappear when someone tries to stop her and chat?
But the least expected event is when Mallory turns up dead. Who would want to kill the ditzy, but
otherwise, harmless young woman….or was she?
I enjoyed book one of Krista Davis’s Paws & Claws mysteries,
MURDER SHE BARKED and looked forward to book 2, THE GHOST AND MRS. MEWER for
several reasons. For one, like I said, I
enjoyed book 1. And the title is a play
on one of my favorite movies, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I like Davis’s writing voice. And the concept of this one just really
caught my attention. While it wasn’t a
bad read, it wasn’t one of my favorites.
The idea of the Howloween was fun and unique and Davis’s
descriptions of the events and costumes the characters wear to the different
events were fun. The characters as well
were interesting, but I felt like there were almost too many. Each had their own part, but their initial
introduction seemed rushed. When some of
the characters, like Mark, arrived I had to back track to see if we’d bet him
before. At first I wasn’t sure if he
lived in Wagtail or not. Characters
seemed to drop out of thin air. And Ben’s
arrival left me scratching my head. Why
was he there? Unless his appearance is
the precursor to the dreaded love triangle.
I did like the ending where Davis lets the reader decide for him
or herself if ghosts are real.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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