This is the first in a brand new series, Haunted Paint Store Mysteries by a familiar cozy mystery author, E.J. Copperman (pen name for author Jeff Cohen). I’ve read some of his Mysterious Detective and Haunted Guesthouse series and always enjoyed his sense of humor that comes through so well in his characters, so the characters in this book naturally seemed like friends to me almost as soon as I met them. I’m really excited to read the next book now.
Now that Laura’s got a paint shop ghost aka her dad, I think she should have a dog there too. I’m sure the dog could sense Amos and they’d be good buddies.
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My Goodreads review:
All Spooked Up by E.J. Copperman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed meeting Laura and her husband Roy’s characters. It’s so few and far between that you get to read about a happily married couple doing the sleuthing in a mystery, and I really liked that. The detective was an acquired taste, but he was a good guy overall. And I just loved Amos’s ghost—he was awesome especially something he did toward the end.
The showdown was a good one, and it was cool how both Laura and Roy faced off with the killer. Laura had been going to therapy since she thought she was seeing things when her dad’s ghost started hanging around. Maybe once she admits he’s really a ghost, she won’t need sessions anymore, but at least the therapist, Abby, had a wicked little sense of humor as could be seen at the very end. I absolutely can’t wait for the next book.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by Severn House via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.
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