The House on Hallowed Ground (A Misty Dawn Mystery)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Henery Press (September 10, 2019)

Synopsis

When Misty Dawn, a former Hollywood Psychic to the Stars, moves into an old craftsman house, she encounters the former owner, the recently deceased Hollywood set designer, Wilson Thorne.

Wilson is unaware of his circumstances, and when Misty explains the particulars of his limbo state, and how he might help himself if he helps her, he’s not at all happy. That is until young actress Zoey Chamberlain comes to Misty’s door for help.

Zoey has recently purchased The Pink Mansion, a historic Hollywood Hills home, and believes it’s haunted. But when Misty arrives to search the house, it’s not a ghost she finds, but a dead body.

The police are quick to suspect Zoey of murdering her best friend. Zoey maintains her innocence and fears her friend’s death may have been a result of the ghost…and a long-time family curse.

Together Misty and Wilson must untangle the secrets of The Pink Mansion or submit to the powers of the family curse.

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Review

This new series knocks it out of the ballpark for this reader!

I have enjoyed all of Nancy’s books so far and I was intrigued by this new series.  I’m iffy on the stories that focus on more paranormal angles but am very glad that I gave this story a whirl.

Misty Dawn may be down but don’t count her out quite yet.  Misty is living in a VW van, which is not an ideal situation for anyone even if you live in California with nice weather most of the year.  One of her clients has a solution, for Misty to live in the house where her brother, William, died while she figures out what to do with his house and possessions.  Sounds too good to be true, right?  What Denise (the client) doesn’t know is that her brother’s spirit is still there and he does not like Denise and isn’t thrilled with Misty’s presence in his house.  Let’s just say he doesn’t make it easy on Misty in the beginning but they end up forging a sort of friendship and alliance when it comes to ghosts.  William even becomes enamored with a four year old ghost that is part of the mystery.

I really enjoyed everything about this book and the mystery is well written and even I didn’t figure out the killer until it was all revealed.  There are several suspects but nothing to really pin it to anyone.  I wondered about the killer because of some answers to questions didn’t always jive, but I didn’t suspect anyone.

This story has humor, a mystery, friendships were broken, new friendships made, and even some touching moments in the end when it comes to the child ghost.  You do have to stretch your imagination when it comes to William driving his cars.  He is a ghost and not something I would have expected a ghost to be able to do, but it made for an interesting twist in the story.

We give this book 5 paws up and anticipate that the rest of the series will be outstanding.

About the Author

Nancy Cole Silverman’s realization that she and Edgar Allen Poe shared the same birthday sparked her lifelong interest in mystery fiction. After a very successful career in the radio industry, she turned to writing and her crime-focused novels and short stories have attracted readers throughout America. Her Carol Childs Mysteries series (Henery Press) features a single-mom whose “day job” as a reporter at a busy Los Angeles radio station often leads to long nights as a crime-solver. Silverman lives in Los Angeles with her husband and a thoroughly pampered standard poodle.

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