Six months after opening their bed and breakfast and having two women murdered in their restored Victorian house, Lee and Maggie continue booking guests. A group of mystery writers want to rent the entire house for a week and stage a “murder mystery” that they will write and act in. All Lee and Maggie have to do is agree to be in late 1800 costumes and serve foods available during that time. The murder mystery goes off without a hitch, but toward the end of it a new houseguest arrives. Rory Davis has been in a car accident and needs a place to stay while his car is repaired. Since the “murder” has already occurred and they have an empty room, Lee and Maggie agree. Their new guest makes it a point to stay out of the way, going on day hikes around the area, until one day he doesn’t return. His body is found, brutally murdered. Can they keep more guests from dying at their Inn and salvage their reputations? They need supernatural assistance to try to find the answers to the murder, hopefully while keeping their own sanity.
This book is engrossing I couldn’t put it down. In fact, I read the first book in the series and when I finished it I immediately bought this one so I could read more of Inn At Ravencrest!
The main characters are likable and this second book in the series had an interesting historical murder mystery party. There were still problems with the author's transitions to indicate a logical timeline as well as some proof reading/typos: "tempering with a crime scene" is not the same as tampering. Some of the ghostly and earthly happenings seemed forced to drive the narrative, which weakened the book.
Ghosts et al.... You'll certainly enjoy this one once you get over your reluctance to believe in ghosts. Ha ha! Very well written with good rhythm, thank Heavens.