The Neighbor is Nixed: A Small Town Paranormal Cozy Mystery

This was a exciting, fun and a page tuner. It will keep you on the edge of your seat. It's well written. It has a great storyline. I loved the characters. I read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

The new neighbor is not particularly liked by, well, anyone. That means the suspect list is pretty long when she turns up dead. Our heroine better figure out what happened pretty quickly or she just might be on her way to the big house. This is book five of the series, but it is written as a standalone. No prior reading is required to enjoy this one. This is a cozy mystery with a bit of the paranormal. The story is well written and easy to read with a nice comfortable setting, until someone ends up murdered that is. The characters are well developed and certainly the stars of the show bringing a variety of personalities to the story that make it a lot of fun to read. The plot provides a good mystery sprinkled with plenty of humor to keep things from getting too heavy. All together, this makes for a very entertaining read and I look forward to exploring more books in the series. Highly recommended. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout for review purposes

The Horrible Neighbor . . . A new neighbor, Sylvia, moved into the neighborhood and proceeded to make everyone’s life miserable. She has threatened to have Bernie’s B&B closed down. And now she has threatened one of the neighbors with a shovel. She has argued with at least a half dozen of them already. So they are meeting to discuss what they can do, such as calling the cops or hiring a lawyer. Sylvia has been nothing but rude and demanding since she arrived here, and everyone is sick of it. The only good thing was that the neighbors came together over this and got to know each other better. They didn’t deserve Sylvia’s nastiness and harassment. With a plan in place for Tina to be their spokesperson to confront Sylvia about her treatment of everyone, Sylvia’s body is discovered and it looks like murder. The suspect list is very long, but since Bernie has the most to lose with her B&B, the Sheriff is going after her. Sylvia had filed a false complaint that Bernie held a huge party, 30 cars parked all over the street, loud partying into the night, and in violation of her occupancy permit. Sylvia had sent a recorded soundtrack of wild partying noise to the Sheriff who never thought it might be faked. Bernie had been alone all night, no one even staying at the B&B yet. Having to prove her innocence now to the stubborn Sheriff, will Bernie and her ghostly grandmother, Ruby, solve the murder before the Sheriff arrests her for a crime she didn’t commit?