"paranormal cozy mystery"

M.J. Holiday was always able to see and speak to ghosts so she became a medium and her clients would ask her to try to contact their loved ones. Although she was very successful and the money was rolling in, she changed directions and became a ghost buster helping spirits move on. She works with computer guru Gilley Gillespie who loves the computer world but is afraid to go into a haunted house.

Dr. Steven Sable contacts M.J. because he wants her to contact his father's ghost (which he has seen) in his lodge. The police say he committed suicide by jumping off the roof but Steven is positive that his grandfather wasn't suicidal. When they arrive at the lodge M.J. contacts three ghosts but none of them seem to want to talk to her. In the meantime they have a bigger problem. Steven's father who had never acknowledged him is in town and it is obvious he wants something and will do anything to get it. Steven and Laurie intend to stop him but they need the help of the ghosts to do it.

This paranormal cozy mystery is a ghost lovers' delight. They play a small but crucial plot in this fast paced tale. Victoria Laurie is a storyteller who charms her audience with benevolent ghosts, a romantic interest for M.J. and a smashing and surprising climax. Each ghost has their own personally which adds to the atmosphere of WHAT'S A GHOUL TO DO? The writer uses words to create a novel so that readers see the paranormal with the mind's eye.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 27, 2007

Summary

M.J. Holliday's a medium with a message—her business is helping lost souls cross over to the other side. But what if the ghosts want to stay put?

M.J. Holliday has two rules. One, she and her partner, Gilley Gillespie, work alone, and two, she doesn't date clients. But when a handsome Dr. Steven Sable needs her help, the specter-spotting sleuth is ready to break both of them.

It seems the hot doc's grandfather jumped from the roof of the family lodge in an apparent suicide. But Dr. Sable knows in his bones it was foul play, and strange things keep happening at the lodge. He'll hire M.J. and Gilley— but only if he can come along. Hey, the duo needs the money—and looking at eye candy all weekend doesn't sound too bad, either...

But once they reach the lodge, the three realize they're dealing with more ghosts than just Grandpa Sable's. And the spooks keep playing nasty tricks on their human visitors. To the untrained eye, it would appear that ghouls just want to have fun. But M.J. knows they're communicating their distress—and it's up to her to figure out why...