The Ghost Hunter Next Door: A Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mystery (Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mysteries, #1)

by Danielle Garrett

• ISBN10: 1976017491
• ISBN13: 9781976017490
• Publish Date: 15 September 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 294
• Language: English

Reviews

[kimbacaffeinate]

Scarlet is a ghost whisper, who learned at a young age to never tell people she can converse with the dead. She in fact has two ghostly companions. The first ghost she ever encountered and an Englishman.

Needless to say it took Scarlet quite a while to settle down and find herself. Thanks to an inheritance she has recently moved to Beechwood and opened a floral shop. She lives above the shop and one evening a week she listens to ghosts helping the ones she can.

I liked Scarlet right away along with her paranormal companions, a cat, and Englishman. A local ghost who loves gossip and is a good source for intel and new to her inner ghostly circle.

When a violent ghost seeks Scarlet out and demands she put a stop to the renovations in her home, we soon find ourselves dealing with a poltergeist as we try to solve an old murder.

It was fun tagging along with Scarlett and Lucas, the set security guard as they tried to find out what really happened to Rosie in the Victorian home on the fateful night she died.

I love the seaside community of Beechwood Harbor. It seems to be a place that supernaturals flock too, and it’s nice to see a ghost whisper in their mists. The mystery was well done with some twists. I also enjoyed the budding romance/friendship that occurred.

Amanda Ronconi narrates, and she does a wonderful job capturing the characters from the living to the dead. She narrates the other series and is a good match for Garrett whose stories are perfect for audio listens. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer

[Melanie]

My review and an extended sample of the audiobook are posted at Hotlistens.com.

This is the first in a spinoff series from the Beechwood Harbor Mysteries. This one follows Scarlet, a human that can see ghosts. She doesn’t know why she can see ghosts, but when her cat died when she was nine years old, she has been able to see her cat’s ghost ever since. And she started to see more ghosts as she got older, but her cat is still her constant companion. Oh, and the cat, Flapjack, can speak to Scarlet and the other supernatural people in Beechwood Harbor.

In this book, Scarlet is just trying to keep her florist shop open and her ghost support group going. That is until a ghost comes in and starts screaming and threatening her. This ghost was powerful enough to break the store’s glass door. There is a film crew in town doing a renovation show on a older house that has been said to be haunted.

Scarlet has to try to help this ghost that is very upset at the renovations in the house. But she can’t just tell the crew to stop filming. They won’t listen to her. So she tries to find out more about the ghost’s story and try to help her move on.

This was a fun spinoff series. We still get a little bit of the characters from the original series, but mostly, it is all new characters. Gwen is the largest character from the original series in this series. She wasn’t a big character in the original series, but she is really fun in this one. Gwen is a hippy ghost. I can’t wait for more adventures with Scarlet.

Narration
I’m so glad that they kept Amanda Ronconi for the narration of this spinoff series. She does such a great job with all the voices and characters. So many different characters, including voicing a ghost cat. If you’ve never listened to Amanda Ronconi, you’re missing out.

**I'd like to thank the publisher for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.