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Dead and Breakfast
Dead and Breakfast: A Merry Ghost Inn Mystery | Kate Kingsbury
19 posts | 16 read | 5 to read
Melanie West is getting her life back on track after a messy divorce when her grandmother, Liza Harris, asks her to open a B&B with her. Together, Liza and Melanie purchase a purportedly haunted mansion on the Oregon coast and jump right into clearing out the cobwebs. But while attempting to remove wallpaper in an upstairs bedroom, the new B&B owners stumble upon a very real skeleton in their closet. The police suspect the skeleton is that of the wife of the previous owner of the B&B, but no one in town seems to want to say much about her. As the inn owners try to juggle renovations with their own amateur investigations, their grand opening looms closer and closer--and a friendly ghost in their walls starts playing tricks. But it all comes crashing to a halt when a new body is found stabbed to death on the beach below the inn--the victim chillingly close in resemblance to Melanie herself. It seems someone doesn't appreciate newcomers prying into the small town's past, and now it's up to Melanie and Liza to get to the bottom of these murders to save their business...and their lives.
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Mollyanna
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My May pick for #12Booksof2023. This was a cute start to a new series.

Andrew65 I enjoyed that short series, shame there weren‘t more of them. 4mo
Mollyanna @Andrew65 agreed. I‘m sad that I only have two more. 4mo
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BethM
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How did I miss that this was our last #cbbc ?! I‘m so sad! This is my favorite thing. So wonderful to read all your notes! @Mommamanzi we‘ll give you December off to breathe ;) #coffeebeanbookclub also @ElizaMarie the package was lovely and the use of medical tape made me chuckle.

ElizaMarie Haha! Yeah that was the easiest tape I could find!!! 4mo
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ElizaMarie
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Mehso-so

So… it was a fast mostly fun cute cozy…. But “so-so” because it just had 2 other story lines that didn‘t really develop or needed to be there. More 👻would have been better. #CBBC

🦞enjoying the heated blanket

dabbe Hello there, sweetest kitty! 🖤🐾🖤 5mo
rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 5mo
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ElizaMarie
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Cuilin Forever 39! I can get on board with that. 5mo
dabbe 39 feels quite fine! 🤗🤣🤗 5mo
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ElizaMarie
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It looks cute #CBBC

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MommyOfTwo
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Thank you @Pageturner1 for the great box! Coffee sounds yummy and the popcorn is so good!
#cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

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Pageturner1
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thamk you @Callemarie for the great coffee and bag of chocolates!! Happy girl here!
#cbbc #coffee #litsylove

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Kshakal
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Pickpick

A fun cozy set in a haunted inn… was it my favorite? No… but I am glad I read it!! #cbbc

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Chrissyreadit
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Mehso-so

it was ok- but not a favorite. I loved the idea of A haunted inn, but felt like the stories were all sort of shallow (yes , i know it‘s a cozy) I wanted more ghost- and the second murder was so sad- i have complicated feelings around the dog story line. Will be in mail by Friday @Mommamanzi

monalyisha Bummer! I really like the cover art! 10mo
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BookwormAHN
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Pickpick

This was a fun cozy. Melanie and her grandmother, Liza, are all set to open up a haunted inn when they literally find a skeleton in their wall 👻

Gissy I enjoyed this one too🤗 11mo
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Mollyanna
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Pickpick

The first in the Merry Ghost Inn Series (#SeriesLove2023) and my first finish for #MagnificentMay

Melanie and her grandmother, Lizza are renovating a old home to create a B&B when they find a body behind a secret door in the wall. This was a decent beginning to this cozy mystery series.

TheSpineView Sounds good! Great job 11mo
Andrew65 This is a fun little series. Well done 👏👏👏 11mo
Mollyanna @TheSpineView Thank you! 11mo
Mollyanna @Andrew65 I enjoyed the first one and am looking forward to seeing the characters develop. 11mo
Andrew65 @Mollyanna I just finished the rest of the series earlier this year. 11mo
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Gissy
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Pickpick

I read this book at the beginning of April after a couple of serious hard emotional books. So, it was a fun and relax reading time. Melanie decided to buy and restore an old house with her grandmother Liza to open a B&B. But the house is “haunted”? They discovered a skeleton which is related with an incident in that house. Liza decided to “investigate” the incident in order to accelerate the opening of their B&B. Such a funny character⬇️

Gissy We will see the expected small town gossip found in cozy mysteries, the drama and the funny scenes. I will love to continue with book 2. I like this cover but it is not the only edition of this trilogy. The bookmark is gorgeous, thank you @mommamanzi This will be the official #CBBC bookmark 😍🥰👌❤️
3⭐️April 2023 #BookSpinBingo 24 (free space). @TheAromaOfBooks
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 12mo
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BethM
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Mehso-so

This was just ok. Grandma wasn‘t as quirky as I expected and the ghost played a minimal role.

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Read4life
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Loving how many great audiobooks are available through Audible Plus, Libby and Scribd 🧡

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SW-T
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Pickpick

Cute cozy. Liked the relationship between Melanie and her grandmother Liza. Good start to a series, especially if you like cozies and ghosts. Will definitely try the next book.

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DebinHawaii
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#WishesandBlessings

Two books with #Merry in the title from my #TBR stack, one Christmasy, one not.

The tagged book is “A Merry Ghost Inn Mystery” and “Something About Merry” is not in the Litsy database yet, despite my attempts to add it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I may or may not get it listened to this month.

MatchlessMarie I was about to start that one this morning but then I read it‘s in the same book universe as Nick and Noel‘s Christmas Playlist so I‘m going to try that one first 2y
DebinHawaii @MatchlessMarie Yes, I have them both downloaded so I should probably go in order too. 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻📚 2y
Eggs Clever title! 2y
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Scochrane26
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Pickpick

I read a cozy by this author several years ago, but my library doesn‘t have that series. So, I tried a new one by the author. A woman moves with her grandmother to a small town in Oregon to renovate & open a B&B. A skeleton is found & they start trying to solve mystery. A few too many repetitions about how they can‘t open w/ investigation going on & not hard to guess the murderer. Will prob still read the next one. #scarathlon @Clwojick 16 pts

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SpookyMazeOfBooks
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@TheAromaofBooks #Bookspin
Won't be able to read this one , thanks to me accidentally hitting delete completely from library instead of downloading , 😭😭😭😭

TheAromaofBooks Oh no!! Those annoying buttons!!! 3y
SpookyMazeOfBooks @TheAromaofBooks yep , i was like Nooo .That not the one i wanted to hit lol 3y
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Danay
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21 #30 Another new series. It‘s fine also.

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