Give Up the Ghost by Angie Fox [Review]

Give Up the Ghost (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #11) by Angie Fox
Format: ebook
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Date read: May 21, 2022

Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries
1. Southern Spirits
1.5. A Ghostly Gift
2. The Skeleton in the Closet
2.5. Ghost of a Chance
3. The Haunted Heist
4. Deader Homes and Gardens
4.5. Dog Gone Ghost
5. Sweet Tea and Spirits
6. Murder on the Sugarland Express
7. Pecan Pies and Dead Guys
8. The Mint Julep Murders
8.5. The Ghost of Christmas Past
9. Southern Bred and Dead
10. The Haunted Homecoming
11. Give Up the Ghost - Kindle
12. Dread and Buried
13. Death at the Drive-In

Angie Fox
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Some secrets should stay buried.

Ghost hunter Verity Long is no stranger to scandal. In fact, it seems to follow her around like her pet skunk, Lucy. But Verity is as shocked as anybody when a town relic discovered in a time capsule unleashes a torrent of secrets that lead to murder.

Trouble is, the only residents in Sugarland who know the truth behind the scandal also happen to be very dead themselves. With a killer on the loose and a town in crisis, Verity braves a side of Sugarland she's never seen before. From a booby-trapped haunted mansion to a run-in with the spirit of Sugarland's most notorious blackmailer who may hold the key to setting mob ghost Frankie free...for a price.

But when a live killer gets an inside track on Verity's investigation, will she live long enough to give up the ghost?

Thoughts on Give Up the Ghost: That Sugarland time capsule just keeps giving, doesn't it? First a dead body, now a book of secrets. Verity (as usual) ends up in the middle of it all since ghosts and secrets and (unfortunately) dead bodies are her thing.

On the plus side, Mama Wydell might have finally seen just how horrible she was. Or is. We'll see if her new leaf sticks. On the downside, she put Ellis is a difficult situation and the Wydell family is just...they're a mess. A tangled, complicated, oft-times cold mess. (Except Ellis. He's not a mess. He's not cold either. Just ask Verity.)

Anyway. Secrets. Lots of secrets. Figuring out who's vindictive enough to spill all those secrets has Verity searching out ghosts and braving booby-trapped houses. And interacting with Virginia Wydell for a prolonged amount of time.

Ghosts, revenge, a little murder, blackmail, and an interrupted date...actually there's a whole lot more that happens on top of all this. DANG, I like this series.