C. M. Spencer

This is book #2 of the Anna Nolan Mysteries. Anna lives in the small town of Crane, Alberta, Canada. It’s the week after Thanksgiving and Halloween is on the way. Sister and brother Tierney and Greg move into town. She runs a new age shop and gives massage therapy. She’s taken over Henry’s restaurant building and he is furious. Sherman, a former banker, now cemetary caretaker is spooked by the voice of his deceased wife, calling him from the cemetary. Anna and her friends May and Erna decide that a seance is in order to bring Sherman some peace of mind, even a fake seance. They enlist Tierney’s help, as Tierney is also a self proclaimed witch. However, instead of calming Sherman, the seance Hs the opposite effect. It throws the town into turmoil. Sightings of ghosts, accidents in the cemetary, ghostly threats create mayhem in the Little town. And if that isn’t enough, someone is passing counterfeit money at the grocery and other stores. Anna’s long distance RCMP boyfriend is busy on a job in Calgary. So, Tierney’s brother starts hitting on Anna, and Anna isn’t happy about it. The story is very slow in the first half. I kept having to put the book down and read something else. However, the pace increased in the second and more interesting half. The characters are rather cardboard as is the dialogue, especially in the first half. It finished with a satisfying ending.… (mais)

This is the second volume of the Anna Nolan Mystery Series. Also this time Anna is with her two friends in an amateurish way a case of solving. The story is about Halloween. The cemetery gardener hears in the middle of the night from the cemetery call his dead wife. He also sees light around her grave. Scared to death, he explains himself to his friends. They decide to help him. They bring themselves in very great danger. The police not only have to solve a case, but also protect amateur detectives from themselves and other dangers.
A very amusing thriller that is easy to read.… (mais)

Viv does-over her life. Viv's contented life with her significant other crashes as he abandons her unexpectedly. Couch-surfing with a friend -- for months -- turns out to not be the answer. As her friends line up possibilities, Viv steps in to help her father renovate houses for quick resale -- and learns about craftsmanship, character, loyalty, and honor from her Dad's handy man.

I enjoyed this romance, even though I found the transitions often jerky and abrupt.

I got this epub file electronic book as a LibraryThing giveaway, in return for a review.… (mais)