Short Synopsis
Raise your spirits with The Hostess with the Ghostess, the ninth installment of Barry Award–winning author E. J. Copperman's nationally bestselling Haunted Guesthouse Mystery series.

Full Synopsis
Solving a murder way too close to home, Alison Kerby can't catch a break.

If Alison Kerby really wanted peace and quiet, she never should have opened the Haunted Guesthouse. The Jersey Shore lodge's latest polter-guest is Richard Harrison, the recently murdered brother of long-time resident ghost PI Paul Harrison.

Alas, a beyond-the-grave brotherly reunion is nowhere in the foreseeable future—phantasmal Paul left the guesthouse months ago for parts unknown, and for all her ghost-whispering prowess, Alison has no idea how to find him. And she's going to need Paul, because Richard's isn't the only murder still unsolved.

Richard, a lawyer in life, tells Alison that he had been working the case of a woman accused of murdering her stepfather. When Richard got too close to the truth, he was permanently silenced. Now, as Alison searches for Paul, she gets a creeping sensation that the murderer doesn't appreciate her snooping around. If she doesn't succeed in her hunt, she has the feeling that she'll be the next to haunt the house.

"She [Ronconi] has an easy listening to voice and adds in expression and intonation where necessary to enhance enjoyment of the story. As a female narrator, the male voices are well done and not too feminine sounding. A narrator that I always enjoy." — Carla Loves to Read