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Séances Are for Suckers
By Tamara Berry
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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First in the series that’s “a winning blend of mystery and the paranormal, with a little humor and romance thrown in for good measure” (Juliet Blackwell, New York Times bestselling author).
When something goes bump in the night . . . it’s most likely a plumbing problem. But fake medium Eleanor Wilde is happy to investigate and cleanse your home of spectral presences—for a fee. Hey, it’s a living . . .
Ellie has an ailing sister to care for and working as a ghost hunter who doesn’t believe in ghosts helps cover the bills. When she’s lucky, it also pays for the occasional tropical vacation. On her latest job, though, she may be in for some genuine scares.
The skeptical, reserved, and very rich Nicholas Hartford III has flown her all the way to his family’s ancestral estate in England—supposedly haunted by a phantom named Xavier. Nicholas thinks it’s all just as much a crock as Ellie’s business is, but his mother is sure that Xavier is real, and he’s willing to employ Ellie if she can put a stop to the nonsense. But when an actual dead body appears—and subsequently disappears—at Castle Hartford, she’ll have to apply her talent for trickery and psychological insight to solve a flesh-and-blood murder.
“A fun story with likable characters and a plot that kept me guessing until the end.” —Rose Pressey, USA Today bestselling author
“Berry mixes a cunning whodunit with sly humor in what promises to be a winning paranormal series.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
When something goes bump in the night . . . it’s most likely a plumbing problem. But fake medium Eleanor Wilde is happy to investigate and cleanse your home of spectral presences—for a fee. Hey, it’s a living . . .
Ellie has an ailing sister to care for and working as a ghost hunter who doesn’t believe in ghosts helps cover the bills. When she’s lucky, it also pays for the occasional tropical vacation. On her latest job, though, she may be in for some genuine scares.
The skeptical, reserved, and very rich Nicholas Hartford III has flown her all the way to his family’s ancestral estate in England—supposedly haunted by a phantom named Xavier. Nicholas thinks it’s all just as much a crock as Ellie’s business is, but his mother is sure that Xavier is real, and he’s willing to employ Ellie if she can put a stop to the nonsense. But when an actual dead body appears—and subsequently disappears—at Castle Hartford, she’ll have to apply her talent for trickery and psychological insight to solve a flesh-and-blood murder.
“A fun story with likable characters and a plot that kept me guessing until the end.” —Rose Pressey, USA Today bestselling author
“Berry mixes a cunning whodunit with sly humor in what promises to be a winning paranormal series.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Tamara Berry
Tamara Berry is a part-time author and part-time freelance copywriter/editor. She has a BA in English literature from Eastern Washington University. In addition to books, she has mad love for all things TV, movies, and pop culture.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eleanor Wilde is a fake medium. She sells her fake ghost exorcising services at high prices in order to keep her sister in the best care facilities. She gets invited by Nicholas Hartford III to come to his family's estate in England to find out who is pretending to be a ghost for his mother. When a real dead body is found, and subsequently goes missing, can Ellie find out what is happening in this creepy old house before she becomes the ghost's next victim?
This book was super interesting. I enjoyed getting to know Ellie and the rest of the quaint English town. I kept going back and forth with whether or not the ghost was real, too. I never saw the ending coming. It was almost like a locked-room mystery which made it interesting. There were so many twists and turns sometimes it was hard to keep up. The ending was also a bit confusing. I'm excited to read more of this series to get to know Ellie a bit more.
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