An Unexpected Vacancy by Eryn Scott [Review]

An Unexpected Vacancy (Pebble Cove Bed-and-Breakfast #2) by Eryn Scott
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: September 21, 2024

Pebble Cove Bed-and-Breakfast
1. Breakfast in Dead
2. An Unexpected Vacancy - Kindle
3. Friends and Amenities

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Pebble Cove Teahouse
1. Steeped in Suspicion

Eryn Scott
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Callie and the Gull’s Nest are back in the spotlight when a high-profile guest books a room at the bed-and-breakfast. When the man doesn’t show up for his reservation, Callie thinks it was too good to be true. Everyone is shocked when his body washes up in a dinghy the next morning. Once she gets past her assumptions that everyone liked the man, it becomes clear that more than one person might’ve wanted the business mogul dead. Even though Callie trusts her adoptive father to figure out the mystery, she can’t resist using her ghostly contacts to help him narrow the suspect pool.

When Callie gets the call dreaded by anyone in a relationship with an officer of the law, she drops everything to go to the hospital in the neighboring city of Alderbrook. But time in a new city helps her see details about the murder in a different light, and Callie finds herself pulled back into the investigation. Will her involvement be enough to catch the killer before they slip away for good?

Thoughts on An Unexpected Vacancy: Callie and Owen are in a good place after the miscommunication in the last book. While Callie focuses on running the B&B (and helping her adoptive father solve the occasional murder), Owen is working on a task force out of a nearby city. They're solid. They're happy. Things are moving along.

Then a guest misses check in and ends up dead in a dinghy and suddenly Callie's in the middle of things again. Sort of. I mean, she never actually saw said guest since they didn't check in, but she has time on her hands without said guest and she ends up involved whether she actually wants to be or not.

Then Owen gets injured and things go sideways. Suddenly Callie is spending her days in the hospital by his side and that pesky dead-guy problem is percolating in the back of her head. So she does what any self-respecting daughter of a police chief would do and works things out.

A close call for Owen, a little blow up between Callie and her closest ghostly friend, a plot that takes a turn, and lady who is good at following those little clues until they yield something. *thumbs up*