Dead Serious Case #4: Professor Prometheus Plume

Crawshanks Guide to the Recently Departed, Book 4

De: Vawn Cassidy

Narrado por: Joel Leslie

MM Paranormal Romance & Dark Comedy

Inspector Danny Hayes has something very important to ask his boyfriend Tristan Everett. Over the past six months they’ve survived reapers, chaos monsters, and biblical storms, not to mention averting an apocalypse. So, what’s left to do but pop the big question?

Tristan is ready for a break from world-saving, spectral crises, and most definitely from ghosts. He wants some one-on-one time with his boyfriend, preferably horizontally. So when their Boxing Day celebrations result in a drunken booking of a romantic New Year’s getaway at a quiet little hotel near the wilds of the north Yorkshire moors, Tristan can’t wait.

But as usual nothing ever goes according to plan. Snowed in during an unexpected murder mystery weekend at what turns out to be one of the most haunted hotels in Northern England is not what they had in mind, but when one of the actors turns up really dead not just fake dead, they once again find themselves caught up in another investigation.

With only one night to figure out who the killer is while wrangling a multitude of overly helpful ghosts, Tristan begins to wonder if romance really is dead…

©2023 Vawn Cassidy (P)2024 Vawn Cassidy

A haunted vacation, what can possibly go wrong?

MM Romance – Paranormal Romance – Medium/forensic pathologist & Police Inspector – Going on Vacation to a Haunted Hotel – Found Family – Location England – Same Couple Series – Really funny – Dual POV/1st POV – Great Narration

After a stressful period Tristan and Danny decide to go away on a romantic vacation. Just the two of them. No ghosts allowed. Of course the romantic hotel turns out to be haunted by a whole bunch of quirky ghosts and Tristan and Danny are soon caught up in all kinds of shenanigans, a murder mystery and the usual hilarious banter and snark. This book felt a bit slower, probably because it mainly takes place in one location. It still was really sweet and funny, on a snort-laugh level, and even some more serious matters were touched on. Joel Leslie's narration was again a perfect match!

We finally got to know more about Danny's past. He had never been very vocal about his life before he came to London, now he did both show and tell. I was so happy about how things turned out! And as the blurb already mentions the popping of a big question I don't feel it spoils anything when I say that the question popping was the sweetest thing! 😍 As per usual, the way there wasn't without bumps and detours but it sure was worth it!

"I can promise you that I'll love you like no one else, I'll protect you with my last breath and I'll hold you up when the world tries to drive you to your knees. Because there is no me without you."

Despite this happy occasion, case 4 ends on a cliffhanger that promises a rather sad start of the next book.

And a shout-out to this series book covers! I don't know who the artist is but I really love these covers! I belong to the minority that dislikes all these MM romance covers with men with naked upper bodies looking straight (hehe) into the camera. I say minority because I have to be as these kind of covers seem to be the norm. Anyhow, I love everything about these Crawshanks Guide covers. I think they capture both the main characters and the gist of the story, they don't feel cluttered, the color theme matches and the writing is readable. Five rainbow colored stars out of five!

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CAWPILE-inspired rating system (original CAWPILE system by Book Roast on YouTube).

Characters 9/10
Relationships 9/10
Plot & Structure 7/10
Atmosphere & Setting (Worldbuilding) 9/10
Writing Style & Language 8/10
Intrigue & Interest 8/10
Logic & Conclusion 9/10
Enjoyment & Experience 8/10

Average Score 8.38/10
The StoryGraph Rating ☆ 4.25/5

Narration 4.5/5
Cover 5/5
Amount of Steam 4/5
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One of the best

This is one of the best books I’ve read. So many emotions and such a good story line. Keep the tissues handy. I’ve re-listened to this series multiple times and always find some something new and interesting.

Great Series

The series is only getting better. The story is funny with a good murder mystery. Joel Leslie is wonderful as usual, his delivery made laughing out loud all alone.

There was a problem with the audio though, seems like Chapter 9 was cut short… too bad it was an important part of the story, may have to get the book just to read that chapter.

Wonderful Characters Mixed With A Bit of Murder

The author creates such entertaining, funny, and endearing characters. I have trouble keeping track of the complex ghost rules, but the mystery romp is so fun that I don’t mind.

Vawn Cassidy does it again!

Tristan, Danny, Dustin and an entirely new cast of characters kept me reading smiling and sleuthing right along with them! I absolutely love this series and can't wait for the next book to come to Audible!