Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Ghost & the Haunted House (Genie and Adriana Darling Cozy Paranormal Ghost Mysteries by Carmen Radtke! Today we are featuring a review of the fourth book in this series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! It’s a great way to add books to your TBR! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for five copies each of Genie and the Ghost (the first in series) and Ghost and the Haunted House. International! 10 winners!

Ghost and the Haunted House (Genie and Adriana Darling Cozy Paranormal Ghost Mysteries)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Setting – Fictional small town in New England
Independently Published (May 29, 2024)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 194 pages
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D47ZLQWP

About the Book:

Could quaint Cobblewood Cove be a hotbed for black magic?

Genie and her ghostly great-great-aunt Adriana have been too busy with their gelato business and helping with the restoration of the old speakeasy to notice that something isn’t quite right in their small town.

Until pranks with touch of the macabre haunt the neighborhood, right before Halloween.

But it gets worse.

When a locked room murder case points straight at a connection to dark forces, the sleuthing duo fears for the living – and the not-quite so departed.

Can they root out the evil in their midst before it ends Adriana’s happy afterlife – forever?

My Review:

For a mystery that is just shy of 200 pages, there is a lot going on, and it was a page-turning treat! I especially enjoyed the Halloween setting, as it was a pleasant escape from the hot summer days in the Midwest. 

I loved the relationship between Genie and her ghostly great-great-aunt Adriana, as well as the fact that Adriana can communicate with animals. As an animal lover, I was a hundred percent in for that! Adriana’s 1920s flare adds a lot of fun to her character. 

Carmen took her time building up to the big mystery, and I enjoyed watching the tension build as the pranks began to escalate. The locked-room aspect of the murder was puzzling and fun to investigate. I was stumped at the whodunit and loved the reveal! The teaser at the end that suggests what might happen in the next book made me excited to pick it up when it comes out. 

Lots of fun, especially if you’re a fan of paranormal cozy mysteries.

About the Author:

Carmen Radtke has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.

She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.

When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realized she was hooked for life.

The shaken but stirring novel made it to the longlist of the Mslexia competition, and her next book and first mystery, The Case Of The Missing Bride, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic competition in a year without a winner. Since then she has penned several more cozy mysteries, including the Jack and Frances series set in the 1930s and the Genie and Adriana Darling series.

Carmen now lives in Italy with her human and her four-legged family.

Author Links:

Website – www.carmenradtke.com

Facebook – www.facebook.com/Carmen-Radtke-1958399947738868/

Twitter/X – https://www.Twitter.com/CarmenRadtke1

Purchase Link: Amazon

TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

• July 1 – Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense – SPOTLIGHT
• July 1 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• July 2 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
• July 2 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• July 3 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
• July 3 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – RECIPE
• July 4 – OFF
• July 5 – Angel’s Book Nook – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
• July 5 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
• July 6 – Baroness Book Trove – REVIEW
• July 6 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
• July 6 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
• July 7 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• July 7 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
• July 8 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
• July 8 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
• July 8 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• July 9 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR GUEST POST
• July 9 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT
• July 10 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW  
• July 10 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – CHARACTER GUEST POST
• July 11 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
• July 11 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

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