My ReviewCeleste Cabot is an artist visiting the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina for an arts festival. When touring the house, Celeste stumbles onto a body. She becomes involved in a search for the killer and also creates a painting inspired by the events, which turns out to come with a friendly ghost.
I wanted to read Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork because I was intrigued by the mention of Celeste having a pink vintage Shasta camper and a Chihuahua named Van (short for Van Gogh). I love vintage campers and small dogs, and enjoyed both these aspects of the story, as expected. (Van is very lovable!)
This is my first time to read a book in the Haunted Craft Fair Mystery series and it worked fine as a standalone. The author did a good job with character introductions and I was able to jump right in and enjoy the novel from the start.
This is a light mystery that combines murder, a little romance (Celeste has two potential boyfriends), some family fun (with Celeste's eccentric family), and even a paranormal element, since Celeste's paintings often come with visiting ghosts.
The mystery aspect of the story was well done and the author gave just enough clues to help the reader solve the crime along with Celeste.
Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork was a fun, fast read. I would recommend it for fans of light paranormal cozy mysteries.
Book Synopsis
A Gilded Age ghost helps psychic painter Celeste Cabot catch a killer . . .
Rising up against the beautiful backdrop
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Biltmore Estate is a magnificent
mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, built as a summer home for George
Washington Vanderbilt II—yes, of those Vanderbilts—during the Gilded
Age. Nowadays, it’s the site of an annual craft fair. Unfortunately,
it’s also about to become a crime scene . . .
Celeste is hard to miss as she pulls up
with her pink and white Shasta trailer and adorable Chihuahua, Van
Gogh—Van for short. But before she can show off her artwork at the fair,
a tour guide is found strangled by a velvet rope barrier and a valuable
painting goes missing. With a rogues’ gallery of sketchy suspects,
Celeste welcomes the help of a pair of handsome detectives—and a ghost
with a special interest in the case . . .
Includes tips and recipes!
Author BioRose Pressey is the USA Today
bestselling author of the Haunted Craft Fair Mysteries and the Haunted
Vintage Mystery Series. She enjoys writing quirky and fun novels with a
paranormal twist. The paranormal has always captured her interest. The
thought of finding answers to the unexplained fascinates her.
When she’s not writing about werewolves,
vampires, and every other supernatural creature, she loves eating
cupcakes with sprinkles, reading, spending time with family, and
listening to oldies from the fifties. Yeah, she loves Elvis. She can’t
help myself.
Rose lives in the beautiful commonwealth of Kentucky with her husband, son, and three sassy Chihuahuas.
Author Links
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Blog – itsvintageyall.blogspot.com
Website – http://rosepressey.com/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/rosepressey
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