Silence of the Ghost

Murder by Design, Book 2

By: Erin McCarthy

Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett

Expert home stager Bailey Burke has come to terms with the fact that her friend, Ryan, is a ghost, but she thought after they solved his murder together, he would get sucked into the light. Instead he’s hanging around and interfering in her love life, and mocking her inability to drink Jameson.

When a body is found near her historic neighborhood of Ohio City, mimicking the famous Torso Murders, and she starts hearing voices, Bailey thinks she’s really lost it now. Ryan’s ghost is one thing, but a whole gaggle of undead talking to her? No thanks. But Ryan informs Bailey she’s not nuts…she is a spiritual medium. And with him as middleman between the victims and the police, they can give the dead justice and he will finally get his one-way ticket to heaven. Considering Eliot Ness allegedly went to his grave bitter that it was the one case he couldn’t solve, Bailey doesn’t see how an uptight lightweight like herself can handle the modern equivalent. But now that Ryan has scared off every man she’s tried to date, including his former partner Marner, she has Saturday nights free for murder-mystery solving.

Yet dealing with the dead is more difficult than de-cluttering a hoarder’s house. Bailey finds herself pulled in all directions… and possibly conned by a killer.

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I'm really enjoying this series

I just finished the third book and am now doing reviews for all three. So far, there's a lead-in to the next book at the end of the one you're reading. You'll want to read them in order as relationships develop.

That said, in this installment, I did figure out early on who the killer was so I usually give the book a low rating. The narration and the story action are well-paced so I didn't care. There was plenty of action and character development to keep me interested.

It's worth mentioning that this series is cozy so no explicit sex scenes. There's plenty of chemistry between Bailey and Marner, but no discussion of private parts.

Another good job by Elizabeth Klett.