The Ghost and the Muse

Haunting Danielle #10

by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

Perhaps Danielle’s first clue should have been—Hillary's muse is male.

He brings with him restless spirits and murders to solve—if Danielle dares.

She has already been warned to stay away.

Genres: Mystery, Audiobook, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal, Ghosts, Fiction, Fantasy

510 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2016

Reviews

[Crystal FloridaGrams Of3 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this book. I was way off on what the true story of the Muse and was pleasantly surprising by the ending. I didn't see it coming! What an awesome series 👏

[RavensScar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is among my favourites. Another really really good book from this series. Walt is so so awesome. I love the way he and Danielle interact with each other.

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars... This one had some twists and turns leading the reader in one direction only to shove them the other way... The ending was a bit twisted as well; interested to see if that storyline gets revisited... Another enjoyable mystery with these memorable characters.

[Emmalynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was better that the last few. Less of Joe, more of Walt, who is just hilarious and a true ghostly murder with twists and turns c

[Eliza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun and clever story. Love the characters and ghosts. Hillary and her muse, Antone Paul, partner to encourage Danielle to find out if he murdered Melissa and help him pass. Along the way they help capture Barron Huxley who is wanted by the FBI for cheating homeowners. Danielle and Walt also helped Antone find out that he did not kill Mellissa. Barron had them both killed because Antone was getting too close to his defrauding schemes and would soon expose him.
Sounds a bit convoluted but it was put together really well.

[Ski Croghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who ki!led the banker??

When Fredrickson port bank manager dies by falling of the pier at first everyone thinks it was an accident until the the police realize that it was murder. But who would want to kill Steve? Well maybe his mistress he had just dumped, or his ex-buisness Lardner who was going to be approached by the FBI to help bring him down? His wife didn't know about the mistress so she had no motive. Who is the strange ghost who has shown up in town? And why does the mystery writer who died in sleep at Danielle's B & B refuse to move on? So many questions, to find the answers you will have to read this, the tenth book in the exciting series Haunting Danielle by Bobbi Holmes. Ms Holmes is a excellent storyteller, whose ongoing storyline is fascinating. The ghost who lives in Dani's B & B is almost the perfect man except for one small problem, he's been dead for almost 100 years. The characters in the story are believable and sympathetic,you will fall in luv with them all. Highly recommended.

[Annie Deschamps · Rating 2 out of 5]

These are getting worse and worse. Luckily, they’re free with my Audible subscription so I’m not devastated.

There are lots of things that irk. The main character, the dialogue and the fact that everything is over explained and questioned by a character so the reader never has to question anything themselves. The relationships never amounting to anything because it’s better for this type of book to stay neutral is one too.

There’s not much coziness either. It’s in a small town and there’s a cat, but that’s about it.

Urgh.

[Bobbi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I almost gave this book 3 or 3.5 stars because of the convoluted murder plot. Until I got to the end. Then I bumped it up to 4, and deservedly so.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow. This one had some crazy goings-on in the ghostly world. Poor Heather being dragged into all of this.

[Chantelle Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars (Audible). They're getting better. 😀

[Emiko Bowling · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want a cozy mystery theses books are so good! 5 out of 5 stars ⭐️ 😃

[Elaine C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the muse continues to haunt Marlow House, the question becomes - is he evil or helpful?

[Tiffany · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s absolutely time for Walt to go. It’s also time for a new editor. There were so many repetitive phrases. And Walt getting physical with people to “protect” Danielle is ridiculous. And the hints at ghost sex or ghost intimacy 🙄 No. just. Stop.

[Carolyn A Barras · Rating 5 out of 5]

My new favorite Haunting Danielle book

Walter kicks you-know-what, Danielle doesn't get arrested, and solving the mystery takes time! This is worth reading. Onto book 11!

[Claudia |✨Cushin Violeta's Bookish Realm✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

The spirit with the red bow tie & the secret muse of the mystery writer😱😍

💕🅵🅰🆅🅾🆄🆁🅸🆃🅴 🆀🆄🅾🆃🅴💕

𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, "𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏"?
𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒕. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, "𝑵𝒐. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕. 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚".
"𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆".
𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚, "𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏".

🅼🆈 🆃🅷🅾🆄🅶🅷🆃🆂: 🄰🅄🄳🄸🄾🄱🄾🄾🄺

I'm definitely become addicted to this series and the fact that I have so many more to devour, just makes me want to dance with glee.

This above quote just had my heart, as we do get that Heather is behaving unusually but Danielle I absolutely admire that woman.

So after that exciting twist in this previous book, I was oh so curious, wanting to know more about this mysterious muse that the famous mystery writer, Hilary kept on seeing in her dream and the same one, who took her to actual crime scenes.

Danielle realises that a potential dangerous spirit is out in friedrickport and somehow she has to find out his story before harms comes about.

The starting of the book grabs you so strongly with the way it's written that I was wide-eyed when you find out what's happened.

There's something that the spirit with the red bow tie wants and he's searching for someone who can help him out and it would have been easy for Danielle but the fact is that she knows he's the same spirit who's probably offed a woman.

Once again, we have Danielle and Walt, Lily, Ian, Chris & Heather too along with our cop gang doing their own bit and finding and piecing together clues.

There's a new entrant on the scene and Mr. Huxley, is such a nosey bee and something is very fishy about him. But the way he behaves is so annoying, thinking anything he thinks is his, especially with the way he even hits on Danielle.

Also, I have to mention how incredible Romy Nordlinger has been as the narrator of this series and I seriously can't even imagine listening without her reading these books.

As we have two mysteries in this one to solve, it was interesting to see how they were tangled together in terms of what happened a decade ago and also how it connects to other people.

But that ending twist.. With things not all revealed.. I loved it. It is debatable but I loved that outcome because some truths do remain hidden but then maybe it's better that way. I really liked that.

I seriously can't have enough of this series. I'm like I need freaking more of these delicious mysteries with my favorite gang of people especially Danielle and Walt. Loved loved this one. ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, can't believe I've read 10 of these already! I enjoy the series. In this one, the bank manager is killed, and the author and her muse from the previous book are involved in solving the murder. Danielle is still not falling for Chris. I wonder if that issue will ever be resolved. I'm just glad that the who "Earthbound spirits" saga is over, even though it still gets a brief mention as previous cases are brought up.

The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is because the plot is pretty formulaic. The characters change except for the main ones, but the plot is pretty predictable. I pretty much knew who the murderer was, but it was still an enjoyable book and it gives me something interesting to listen to on the commute to and from work.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the various murder mystery stories. I enjoyed the twist at the end for one of the murders and am happy with the way it was left. But it seems a little crazy that all of sudden this small town becomes full of deaths/murders in less than a year since Danielle arrived.

What I continue to dislike is the romantic tension between Walt & Danielle; it's just creepy and useless. The author could have had the ghost act more as a father figure instead of a potential love interest and it would have made the entire series better. Danielle could then focus 100% on her real life romantic life and it would be so much better.

[Dawn Gee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow this one is good

This closes the mystery on the wondering ghost muse and boy it's good. Danielle has her work cut out for her in this one. This murder mystery has a lot of players and years of secrets. Walt displays some major ghost magic to save Danielle. The end is a shocker. This is a must read in this series.

[Debbie Phelps · Rating 5 out of 5]

She is so creative

I would recommend this book to everyone. The whole series.She is creative an makes you think of many possibilities. The setting are beautiful an the trade of romance is so understated. I have them as ebooks. But I want the series in real live paper to touch an smell. An read over an over

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprise ending

Wow! I didn't see the ending coming. I really thought the person suspected did it and was surprised at the end. Love these characters still and the ghost Antone (?) turned out differently than expected based on previous book. They need to let Ian in on what's going on. It's not fair to him.

[michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun read. As always, it's surprising how many murders happen in this small town, pretty soon we'll run out of people, but I guess all these job vacancies will bring in new characters. It's also fun how the new characters overlap in regards to who knows who and how. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

[Shae · Rating 4 out of 5]

There might have been some small inconsistencies between characters from the previous book to this one, but the plot was great, hints were given perfectly to make you wonder or think you knew what was going on, then more info made you think something else all without being too obvious and the conclusion made sense and was satisfying. One of my favorite so far.

[Rosemary Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have submitted this review after listening to the audiobook of this title. (Audible Membership)

This episode is packed with Ghosts, each trying to make sense in the world they find themselves in.
Thanks to Danielle's ability to interact, a couple were able to deal with their unresolved issues, therefore allowing them to move on.

[Ashley Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

SO much happened in this novel. Danielle not only juggled multiple ghosts but a cold case and new murder. The cold case was the only murder wrapped up with a valid arrest, but the new murder has a big twist at the very end! I’m curious if the true murderer will be found within this series, or if the author just moves on.

[~Bellegirl91~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oooooooookay! I think this is a new favorite of mine. A little different from the others, and yet, this was so much fun! Especially that mind-blowing twist at the end! Now it's time for the next book I have lined up in my Libby until the next one comes up haha. This is one of those series right now I'm okay with listening back-to-back because they're so good!

[Raabe Lopes · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️
The end was so fun! I think the cops were a little better in this book but it might because ghost girl wasn’t involved as much with their initial investigation so they had to work harder! But yet once more, she is the one that solved the crime. Also the twist at the end. That was sexy! Love to see women in male fields!

[Terry McCauley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent story! Some of the characters have been developed even more in this book. Bobbi Holmes is a very good author who gives you a complex mystery to try to solve with characters who are realistic and interesting. She surprised me with the ending and with the way she revealed who the killer was.
I love this series!

[Crystal · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 🌟
I started this one on audiobook back in March but I wasn’t vibing with it.
I picked it up again physically (thank you cousin!) and really enjoyed it. I couldn’t put it down. Since it had been awhile since I read the one before this, it took me a minute to remember what happened because it picks up where the last one leaves off.
I’m excited to dive into this series again.

[Dr. Simone J. Simone · Rating 5 out of 5]

WRITE FASTER !

These books are so darned good that I will have to go into reab if this author retires. The amount and type of detail is astonishing and gives the reader the sense of being an unnoticed spirit sharing in everything.

[Diane J. Caldarulo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series

Believable situations. Wonderfully written fantastic characters and there interactions. Unfortunately written in a way that your knees to read them in order to understand some actions or statements