Give Up the Ghost, Juliet Blackwell
Give Up the Ghost, Juliet Blackwell
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Give Up the Ghost

Author: Juliet Blackwell

Narrator: Xe Sands

Unabridged: 7 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Ghost

Synopsis

San Francisco millionaire Andrew Stirling wants to sell his Victorian mansion, but ghostly music, the squeaking of a long-disappeared weathervane, and an angry ghost keep running off potential buyers. After a famous psychic is called in, she informs the Stirlings that their multi-million-dollar renovations to "update" the home have left its resident ghost extremely agitated. So contractor Mel Turner is engaged to track down and replace some of the original features of the house.

But when the beautiful psychic is found stabbed, it appears that someone had a very human motive for murder. Now Mel must use her ghost whispering gift to uncover the secrets of the haunted house on the hill, and her sleuthing skills to catch a killer.

About Juliet Blackwell

Juliet Blackwell was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, the youngest child of a jet pilot and an editor. She graduated with a degree in Latin American studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and went on to earn master's degrees in anthropology and social work. While in graduate school, she published several articles based on her research with immigrant families from Mexico and Vietnam, as well as one full-length translation: Miguel Leon-Portilla's seminal work, Endangered Cultures. Juliet taught medical anthropology at SUNY-Albany, was producer for a BBC documentary, and served as an elementary school social worker. Upon her return to California, she became a professional artist and ran her own decorative painting and design studio for more than a decade. In addition to mainstream novels, Juliet pens the New York Times bestselling Witchcraft Mysteries and the Haunted Home Renovation series. As Hailey Lind she wrote the Agatha Award-nominated Art Lover's Mystery series. She makes her home in northern California, but spends as much time as possible in Europe and Latin America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Louise on April 18, 2023

This series has become one of my go-to comfort read cozy mystery favourites. I enjoy the main character Mel Turner very much, as well as the whole supporting cast. Mel is much less angsty about her love life in this one, which is a relief. The ghost characters are always intriguing and well done. I......more

Goodreads review by Betty on August 08, 2018

Crosswinds, a Victorian mansion has been completely renovated and is ready to be sold. Whenever the realtor brought buyers to inspect the house, the music is heard and a man voice is heard saying lay on the floor. The buyers are no longer interested in the home. The owner, Andrew Flynt hired a famou......more

Goodreads review by Andree on April 19, 2016

Continuing on with the cozies. This one is solid. Definitely my preferred series by this author (though the other is fun too). I'd like this one better (and rate it higher) if the romance plotline was different. I think I've decided I don't like how Juliet Blackwell handles the romantic aspects in g......more

Goodreads review by Deanie on October 25, 2020

San Francisco contractor Mel Turner is now known for her skill with ghosts (as well as her skill with a hammer). Because of this, when a psychic says a mansion's ghosts won't go away because they hate the remodel, Mel is hired to re-remodel a classic mansion and add back in the period detail. Except......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on December 26, 2015

I loved this book as I do the whole series. I can really get into the characters, I feel that I can just sit down with them when Mel's dad serves dinner. I love the interaction with her father, a gruff man with a soft heart. I like Mel's interaction with Annette, the lead investigator, tough woman b......more

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