{"id":399,"date":"2008-09-21T08:23:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T13:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2019-04-30T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:30:06","slug":"super-super-natural-mystery-novels-on-the-cozy-mystery-site-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/super-super-natural-mystery-novels-on-the-cozy-mystery-site-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Theme Mysteries : Super Supernatural Paranormal Theme Mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"About a week ago I received a note from a site reader who asked:
\n“Could you make a list of paranomal cozies, cozies with witches, occult, vampires & such?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

I had already started a skeleton\u00a0of a list\u00a0which included some different supernatural themes<\/strong>, and thought:\u00a0What better time to be\u00a0making a theme with werewolves, vampires, “& such” than right before Halloween…. So here goes!<\/p>\n

Ghosts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

P. J. Alderman<\/a><\/strong>: Port Chatham Mystery Series<\/strong>… Jordan Marsh owns a haunted house on the west coast of USA.<\/p>\n

Nancy Atherton<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Aunt Dimity Mystery Series<\/strong>… Aunt Dimity simply insists on staying around after Lori inherits her Cotswold cottage.<\/p>\n

Mignon F. Ballard<\/a><\/strong>: Augusta Goodnight Mystery Series<\/strong>… Augusta Goodnight is a guardian angel who helps solve mysteries… (I wasn’t sure if I should put Augusta in this category but decided to go ahead and include her,\u00a0she is a guardian angel.)<\/p>\n

Juliet Blackwell<\/a><\/strong>: Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series<\/strong>… Melanie (Mel) Turner renovates historic houses in California.<\/p>\n

Annette Blair<\/a><\/strong>: Vintage Magic Mystery Series<\/strong>… Maddie Cutler returns home to\u00a0not only open a vintage clothing shop, but to also solve mysteries and see a few ghosts.<\/p>\n

Melissa Bourbon<\/a><\/strong> (aka Misa Ramirez): Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series<\/strong>… Harlow Cassidy\u00a0is the owner of a boutique. Her great grandmother (as in her deceased great grandmother!) helps her.<\/p>\n

Susan M. Boyer<\/strong><\/a>: Liz Talbot Mystery Series<\/strong>…. Liz Talbot is a private investigator who can see ghosts.<\/p>\n

Helen Chappell<\/a><\/strong>: Sam & Hollis Mystery Series<\/strong>… Hollis (a reporter) solves mysteries with the help of her deceased husband Sam.<\/p>\n

Sheila Connolly<\/strong><\/a> (aka Sarah Atwell): Relatively Dead Mystery Series<\/strong>… Abby Kimball sees ghosts.<\/p>\n

J. J. Cook<\/strong><\/a> (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene): Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery Series<\/strong>…\u00a0Stella Griffin is the current fire chief of these fire station in Tennessee. She is helped by an ex fire chief, who is deceased.<\/p>\n

E. J. Copperman<\/a><\/strong>: Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series<\/strong>… Alison may be the owner of the guesthouse, but Paul and Maxie do as they (ghostly) please.<\/p>\n

Casey Daniels<\/a><\/strong>: Pepper Martin Mystery Series<\/strong>… Pepper is a cemetery tour guide who gets help with her sleuthing from a dead\u00a0mob boss.<\/p>\n

Jana DeLeon<\/a><\/strong>: Ghost-in-Law Mystery Series<\/strong>… features a botanist, her friend, and her deceased mother-in-law as the sleuths.<\/p>\n

Leighann Dobbs<\/a>:\u00a0Blackmoore Sisters Romantic Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong>…\u00a0Morgan & Fiona sell crystals and herbal remedies, and have open communication with their deceased grandmother. AND\u00a0Mystic Notch Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong>…\u00a0Willa Chance is a crime journalist who sees ghosts.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Eagan-Cox<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Shannon Delaney Mystery Series…<\/strong> features a writer in San Diego with ghostly encounters.<\/p>\n

K.J. Emrick<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Darcy Sweet Mystery Series<\/strong> and its spinoff, the\u00a0Smudge the Cat Mysteries<\/strong>, both featuring the ghost of\u00a0the protagonist’s great-aunt.<\/p>\n

Christy Fifield<\/a><\/strong> (aka Christy Evans) Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series<\/strong>… Glory inherits her uncle’s souvenir shop, including resident ghosts.<\/p>\n

Alexia Gordon<\/strong><\/a>: Gethsemane Brown Mystery Series<\/strong> – Gethsemane teaches schoolboys in an Irish countryside school’s orchestra.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Haines<\/a><\/strong>: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series<\/strong>… Jitty, a nanny to one of Sarah’s ancestors keeps tabs on Sarah.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Haines<\/a><\/strong>: Pluto’s Snitch\u00a0Mystery Series<\/strong>… Raissa James often sees ghosts and works with a self-proclaimed medium.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Hart<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Carolyn G. Hart): Bailey Ruth Mystery Series<\/strong>… Bailey loved to sleuth before she joined\u00a0Heaven’s Department of Good Intentions, as a ghost.<\/p>\n

Sue Ann Jaffarian<\/a><\/strong>: Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Madison Johns<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Agnes Barton Paranormal Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tonya Kappes<\/a>: Kenni Lowry Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice Kimberly<\/strong><\/a> (aka Cleo Coyle): Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series<\/strong>… Penelope Thornton-McClure owns the bookstore that\u00a0Jack Shepard inhabits… as a ghost.<\/p>\n

Victoria Laurie<\/a><\/strong>: Ghost Hunter Mystery Series<\/strong>…\u00a0 M.J. Holliday does just that! She hunts down ghosts.<\/p>\n

Joyce and Jim Lavene<\/strong><\/a> (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Taxi for the Dead Paranormal Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gayle Leeson<\/strong><\/a> (aka Amanda Lee & Gayle Trent): Ghostly Fashionista Mystery Series<\/strong> – features the owner of a design shop and the ghost who has lived in the shop since the 1930s.<\/p>\n

Lizbeth Lipperman<\/strong><\/a> (aka Liz Lipperman & Liz Roth): Dead Sister Talking Mystery<\/strong> Series<\/strong>…\u00a0Lainey Garcia solves mysteries with the help of her sister, \u00a0Tessa, who is no longer of this world.<\/p>\n

Dixie Lyle<\/strong><\/a>: Whiskey, Tango and Foxtrot Mystery Series<\/strong>… Deirdre “Foxtrot” Lancaster is an administrative assistant who sleuths with the help of her (deceased) telepathic cat and a shape shifting dog.<\/p>\n

Molly MacRae<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0writes the <\/span>Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series<\/strong>. The sleuth inherits her grandmother’s wool shop, and an unexpected ghost.<\/span><\/p>\n

Katy Munger<\/strong><\/a> (aka Gallagher Gray & Chaz McGee): Dead Detective Mystery Series<\/strong>\u00a0The main sleuth is Kevin Fahey, a dead policeman.<\/p>\n

Shirley Rousseau Murphy<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and Pat J.J. Murphy write the\u00a0Lee Fontana Mystery Series<\/strong>\u00a0which features a parolee and a prison ghost cat in California.<\/p>\n

Sharon Pape<\/a><\/strong>: Portrait of Crime Mystery Series<\/strong>… Rory gets the help sleuthing from a federal marshall… from the 1870s.<\/p>\n

Leigh Perry<\/strong><\/a> (aka Toni L.P. Kelner): Family Skeleton Mystery Series<\/strong>… \u00a0Georgia is a professor who is “assisted” by Sid, a ghost.<\/p>\n

Rose Pressey<\/strong><\/a>: Haunted Vintage Mystery Series<\/strong>, Haunted Tour Guide Mystery Series<\/strong>, AND Haunted Renovation Mystery Series<\/strong>, all of which feature various levels of ghostly business.<\/p>\n

Wendy Roberts<\/a><\/strong>: Ghost Dusters Mystery Series<\/strong>… Sadie Novak sees dead people at her job… as a death scene cleaner-upper.<\/p>\n

Mary Saums<\/strong><\/a>: Thistle & Twigg Mystery Series<\/strong>… Jane Thistle and Phoebe Twigg are 60 year old best friends living in Alabama.<\/p>\n

Paige Shelton<\/a><\/strong>: Country Cooking School Mystery Series<\/strong>… Grams and Betts solve mysteries with a ghost of a chance.<\/p>\n

Beth Solheim<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Sadie Witt Mystery Series<\/strong>… Both Sadie and Belly LaGossa (Sadie’s dog) are able to see the dead.<\/p>\n

Mary Stanton<\/a> <\/strong>(aka Claudia Bishop): Beaufort & Company Mystery Series<\/strong>… Bree Winston-Beaufort inherits her uncle’s law firm and soon finds herself dealing with clients who were previously “down to earth”.<\/p>\n

Fran Stewart<\/a><\/strong> writes the ScotShop Mystery Series<\/strong> which features Peggy Winn, the owner of a shop which specializes in Scottish merchandise… oh, and her 14th century Scottish specter.<\/p>\n

Kirsten Weiss<\/a><\/strong>: Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery Series<\/strong> –\u00a0Maddie Kosloski is the manager of a local paranormal museum.<\/p>\n

This list doesn\u2019t include the following Paranormal Cozy Mystery themes:\u00a0Vampire or Werewolf<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Witch<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Psychic or 6th Sense<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Enchanted\/Magical<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0(which I\u2019ve listed on the Theme page.)<\/p>\n

Please feel free to post a comment if you know\u00a0of any other\u00a0mystery\u00a0authors (who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site<\/a>) who you think write mysteries that would fit into this Ghost Theme<\/strong>. Thanks!<\/p>\n

\u2666To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme<\/a> <\/strong>click on this link.\u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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