A Ghost & Abby Mystery

Series · 4 books · 2017-2018

By Jo-Ann Carson

Books in series

Midnight Magic

2017

As the janitor in a haunted house, single mom Abby Jenkins has many contacts with the living and the dead in the small Pacific Northwest town of Sunset Cove, which puts her in a perfect position to solve local mysteries. Or so she thinks. Hired to find diamonds hidden in a haunted manor she gets help from a Viking ghost with existential issues. Will she survive? This book contains bad-boy ghosts, mischievous magic, and a woman who knows what she wants in a Viking hayloft. \\\* Midnight Magic is a spin-off story from my novella, A Viking Ghost for Valentine’s Day, but it can be read as a stand-alone.

I Messed Up Christmas

2017

I Messed up Christmas A Ghost & Abby Mystery Novella ~magical mayhem for the holidays~ Single mom, Abby Jenkins, the night janitor in a haunted teahouse in the Pacific Northwest town of Sunset Cove, runs a detective business on the side, and, while tackling the usual supernatural suspects is easy for her, she can’t face Christmas. She wants this one to be perfect for her kids. With a yuletide to-do list longer than Main Street, a jealous Viking boyfriend with existential issues, and unreliable witch powers, she’s in a twisted-tinsel, holiday funk, when the mayor asks her to find a missing angel. The statue, which sat on top of the Christmas tree in the town square for three decades, symbolizes all that’s good about the holidays: love, peace and joy. Abby drops everything to look for the stolen angel. Will she find Christmas along the way?

Death by Séance

2018

Death by Séance Love, Lies & Lust to Die For Abby Jenkins, a single mother with a complex life, sorts out the murder of Kumar, the day man for a vampire, in Sunset Cove, the small Pacific Northwest town famous for all things that go bump in the night. Abby is the night-janitor in the haunted teahouse and only private detective in town. She's also a reluctant witch with major man-trouble. Blackmailed into attending a séance, she expects to wrestle with a cranky ghost or two, but instead finds herself in the middle of a murder. Seven people attend the event, some human, some not- so-much. They have one thing in common: a murky past. After Abby washes the blood off her hands, she's left with her first whodunit. With the help of her partners in crime: Eric, the Viking ghost with existential issues; Dante, the local Casanova-man-witch; and Sparky, her snarky familiar, she digs into the secrets of the cove. Will she survive to tell the tale?

Death by Tarot Card

2018

When the cards are stacked against you, run. Who would be crazy enough to send death cards to people in Sunset Cove, a small, Pacific Northwest town famous for things that goes bump in the night? Single mom, Abby Jenkins is hired to find the culprit, and while she is a witch and private detective, she hasn’t a clue about who would deal such a gruesome hand. Unease settles into the town as tarot cards arrive on doorsteps. No one knows who stacked this deck. Everyone waits for the next card to drop. That is until the first recipient drops dead. Are all the death cards harbingers of murder? With the help of a Viking with existential issues, a Casanova man-witch and Spark her snarky familiar Abby unravels a deadly deck of secrets. Can she catch the murderer before the dealer turns another card?

Author

Jo-Ann Carson

Author · 24 books

Jo-Ann Carson ~A little bit of magic~ Jo-Ann Carson is an award-winning author who loves the magic of storytelling. She creates unique characters, and places them in fast-paced plots, to tell stories about love, friendship, and family. In her latest trilogy, Dial Witch, the enchantress Jane Black offers spells, potions and tarot card readings to the regular folk in her small town and finds herself in a cauldron of hot water. The cast of characters includes a drool-worthy dragon who wants to light her fire, a blackmailing vampire with his own agenda, two over-protective warlock brothers, and a snarky familiar. Not to mention her meddling sisters, and the fact that none of these characters want her to run a magic and sorcery store. To date, Jo-Ann Carson has published 24 titles. Her last three series are The Gambling Ghosts, Ghost & Abby Mysteries, and The Perfect Brew. All her books with their buy links can be found on her website. A firm believer in the magic of our everyday lives, Jo-Ann loves watching sunrises, walking beaches near her home in the Pacific Northwest and reading by a crackling wood fire. Blog / Twitter / Author FB / Pod FB / Pinterest / Instagram Amazon Author Page / BookBub Page