Haunted Hamlet

Zoe Donovan Mystery, Book 9

By: Kathi Daley

Narrated by: Angel Clark

Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Zoe Donovan is a cozy mystery series with enduring friendships, memorable characters, an enchanting setting, and a generous dollop of romance.

When a ghost hunter is found dead in a haunted house just days before Halloween, it looks like the killer may be living impaired. Zoe must juggle the annual Zoe Donovan Spooktacular with zombies on the run, the annual pumpkin carving contest, a haunted hayride, a relationship in crisis, and a little behind the scenes investigation. When she finds that the death of three camp counselors in the same house 13 years earlier may be linked to the ghost hunters death, she works to reveal a web of secrets and lies which could make her the next victim of Hezekiah Henderson’s House of Horrors.

©2014 Kathi Daley (P)2020 Kathi Daley

Haunting at Henderson House

What a fun Halloween story, made even better by listening to it rather than reading it! Zoe is in the thick of decorating for Halloween as she and boyfriend Zak prepare for the annual festivities in Ashton Falls. Nobody thought it possible that anyone love Halloween as much as Zoe, but Zak can even out-decorate her!

Zoe is at the infamous local haunted Henderson House property, where a murder took place last year when Zoe was preparing for the annual event and found a body. It couldn’t possible happen again, yet she is hesitant at first about going into the house for any reason. Or could it? Yes, it could happen again. Zoe found the body of a man who seems to have fallen down the stairs inside the mansion. The man turned out to not only be a reputed ghost chaser, but he was present more than a decade earlier when several counselors from a local summer camp went there to party, and three died. That’s more than a coincidence, and Zoe can’t let it go.

Swamped with finding a way to replace the festival that could not now be taking place at Henderson House, oversee preparations for the various related events, and still do her work at the animal shelter, Zoe tries to fit another murder into her schedule. Actually, four murders – the man who died this year, and the three who died 13 years earlier when he was present.

I enjoyed how much the author details the Halloween events, including the decorations. Her love for the holiday makes the mystery more interesting and realistic. I also enjoyed the various characters and returning to the earlier days of the series. Meeting Zak’s ex-girlfriend who seems to want back into his life brings another dimension to the story.

To me, the narrator spoke a little faster than I could listen at times, but that’s just my opinion. Overall, I enjoyed the mystery and the narration, bringing the author’s word to life. I highly recommend this to those who are fans of the author and series, cozy mysteries set at Halloween, dogs, and romance.

From a thankful heart: I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook; a review was not required.

Great! Read this before, but enjoyed the audible .

Love Zak and Zoe! Read this before but Audible adds a different dimension. Enjoyed it very much.