Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant

Name: Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Darci Hannah
ISBN: 9798765082560

Author: Darci Hannah

Series: Beacon Bakeshop Mystery #4

Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/25/2023

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Cozy Culinary, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

Lindsey prefers to keep her bakeshop's Halloween décor light and autumnal, rather than gruesome and ghoulish. But everyone knows her lighthouse home is haunted. Some intrepid teens have even tried to break in to witness the resident ghost themselves. Dreading Halloween night, Lindsey reluctantly allows her influencer and podcaster best friend, Kennedy, to host a live ghost hunting investigation in the lighthouse, conducted by a professional team. Protective of her ghost, Lyndsey is understandably nervous about what they might uncover . . .

The segment is uneventful—until things take a terrifying turn. The team freaks out. As Kennedy joins the mad dash outside, she bumps into what looks like the prankster teens' creepy clown costume hanging from a tree. But when Lindsey's dog, Wellington, begins to whine, they make a grim discovery: the clown is no dummy. It's a corpse.

Now Lindsey and company will need to keep their cool if they want a ghost of a chance to solve the murder—and see another Halloween . . .

About Darci Hannah

Darci Hannah grew up in the northwest suburbs of a Chicago, is a graduate of Indiana University, and currently lives in a small town in Michigan with her husband, three sons, and two dogs. She has lived around the Great Lakes all her life and considers them a source of inspiration. When she's not engaged in a rollicking family adventure, walking her dogs, or working at the historic Howell Carnegie District Library, she's either baking up a storm or hard at work on her next Beacon Bakeshop Mystery.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on September 23, 2024

3.5 stars This was cute, but definitely a bit darker for a cozy mystery! I loved that the heroine was a baker and how the whole town pretty much came together to try and figure out who had committed the murder. I did want a few more fall vibes beyond the Halloween festival at the beginning of the boo......more

Goodreads review by Jan on September 26, 2023

cute fall vibes but so boring since the dog was the only one with a personality in this entire book 🙄......more

Goodreads review by Louise on September 08, 2023

This cozy mystery oozes Halloween atmosphere, with a pumpkin carving party, a costume parade (the titular pageant), a haunted lighthouse and, of course, a murder. While this is number five in the Beacon Bakeshop cozy mystery series, this was the first one I’ve read, and it worked fine for me as a sta......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on July 11, 2023

Review coming soon.......more

Goodreads review by Amber on April 12, 2023

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me this arc. DNF at 55% You do not need to read the other books in this series to read this one, though references are made to the other books. This is a cute cozy murder mystery in a small town. A good light read. However, the repetitive stereotyping of the group of t......more