Sugar Skulls and Specters: A Cozy Paranormal Mystery (Small Town Psychic Sleuth)

Christine Pope

Jun 2023 · Lattes and Levitation Book 5 · Dark Valentine Press

About this ebook

The Day of the Dead is a sweet celebration…until a real ghost starts getting salty.

As the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico, prepares to jump on the Day of the Dead bandwagon, Skye O’Malley reluctantly agrees to use her coffee shop kitchen to make several batches of sugar skulls for the celebration…all the while wondering if it’s such a great idea to stir up the local ghosts for fun and profit.

When a large mural at the downtown park where the festival is to take place is defaced, Skye is asked to use her psychic abilities to divine who — or what — is the culprit. She encounters the restless, angry ghost of a young woman whose murderer was never caught.

Investigating this cold case is tougher than usual, because Skye now wears her superstar boyfriend Max Sullivan’s engagement ring — and the paparazzi are underfoot at every turn. Overwhelmed but determined, Skye calls on all her resources, psychic and otherwise, to find the key to solving this decades-old mystery. Before an angry ghost wreaks havoc — and a killer escapes justice.

Ratings and reviews

This is another cozy, paranormal, romantic mystery that is easy to read and has a believable plot. After a lot of investigation, the case is finally solved in a surprising way. Specters are put to rest and the guilty are arraigned.

About the author

USA Today bestselling author Christine Pope has been writing stories ever since she commandeered her family’s Smith-Corona typewriter back in grade school. Her work includes paranormal romance, fantasy romance, and science fiction/space opera romance. She makes her home in New Mexico.