Genie and the Ghost
(Genie and Adriana Darling Cozy Paranormal Ghost Mysteries)
by Carmen Radtke
About Genie and the Ghost
Genie and the Ghost (Genie and Adriana Darling Cozy Paranormal Ghost Mysteries)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
1st in the Series
Independently Published (September 18, 2023)
Paperback : 218 pages
ISBN-10 : 1916241077
ISBN-13 : 978-1916241077
Digital ASIN : B0CHFZYLW6
New York jewelry designer Genie Darling has returned to her childhood home in quaint Cobblewood Cove for one reason only: to sort through generations of old family heirlooms and hand anything of historical interest over to the local museum.
But after a failed mugging attempt, and the appearance of a beautiful but ghostly young stranger in a vintage evening dress, Genie realises there’s something suspicious – and spooky – going on.
The glamorous and friendly spectre turns out to be Genie’s own great-great-aunt Adriana, who died in 1929 in mysterious circumstances.
When there are more attempts on Genie and her home and her main suspect dies in a suspicious accident, she decides to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Does it have anything to do with Adriana’s death and reappearance?
With her unflappable, pet-whispering aunt and cat Cleo by her side, Genie sets out to lay this ghost to rest by solving the mystery and unmasking the culprits.
But digging up the past can be deadly …
EXCERPT
The April air held a touch of frost. I put up my coat collar as I turned around the corner. One hundred yards ahead lay the Darling villa, all three ivy-covered floors of it.
The bells of the Presbyterian church struck eleven.
Something behind my back alarmed me a split second before I felt a tug at my purse strings and a heavy shove.
I swung my leg backwards, kicking out with all my might, while I used my handbag to roundhouse whoever attacked me. My foot made satisfying contact with a leg, and I heard a yelp.
Unfortunately I’d underestimated my own momentum. I stumbled forward.
About Carmen Radtke
Carmen has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.
She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.
When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life.
The shaken but stirring novel made it to the longlist of the Mslexia competition, and her next book and first mystery, The Case Of The Missing Bride, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic competition in a year without a winner. Since then she has penned several more cozy mysteries, including the Jack and Frances series set in the 1930s.
Genie and the Ghost is her first paranormal cozy mystery.
Carmen now lives in Italy with her human and her four-legged family.
Author Links
Website – https://www.carmenradtke.com
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Carmen-Radtke-1958399947738868/
Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/@CarmenRadtke1
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/carmenradtke
Purchase Link – Amazon
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