Spirits, Tales & a Body by the Bales

Lily & Cassie By the Sea Mysteries, Book 2

By: Nellie H. Steele

Narrated by: Deborah Reeves

Haunting happenings. A shocking murder. Will a mother-daughter duo discover the buried truth before an innocent life is destroyed?

Lily and Cassie are desperate to be welcomed into their new town. But their back-breaking work constructing a Halloween maze keeps getting waylaid by odd events. And when haunting events continue at their new home, the mother and daughter duo suspect they may be facing a mischievous spirit.

When a body is found on opening night, their hard work is cast aside for the murder investigation. Surprising secrets and dark truths lurk around every corner, leading the ladies further in a web of lies and deceit.

Will Lily and Cassie sort fact from fiction and discover the truth before the trouble turns deadly for them?

Spirits, Tales & a Body by the Bales is the second installment in the charming seaside mother-daughter cozy mystery series by Nellie H. Steele.

©2023 Melissa Marie Sovak (P)2023 A Novel Idea Publishing, LLC

Twists and turns

I really enjoyed the twist and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat all the way to the end. Excellent job, highly enjoyed both books 1 and 2 tremendously.

Well...

There was a whole lotta screeching going on, which was quite annoying. The character of Cassie comes across as very immature & high-strung, both of which I dislike in a lead character. Cassie behaves more like an angsty teen than a nature adult widow.

Apart from the screeching, I very much enjoyed the story.

Another winner!

I wasn’t sure that I’d like this 2nd book in the series as much as the first but I DO! Took me a bit to get used to the different narrator but she was great like the first. I’m hoping the 3rd one comes out soon because I'm addicted to these fun reads. I’ve been a bit down lately and this series is making me forget my troubles and cheering me up. I love the characters and it’s well written.

looking forward to the next in the series

great book this is number two in a series and now I wait for number three. storyline moves very well mother-daughter Duo has a great flow and is enjoyable to read about,. other characters are interesting, with a good storyline and a sheriff that isn't made out to be stupid and inept. the book has mystery and moments of comedy.

I should have learned with the first book

The first book in this series was bad enough with the monotone narrator. I saw someone wrote that the second book was much better.
I cannot say it was. I believe the storyline was much worse and the narrator, although not monotone absolutely horrible.
The Lily and Cassie characters are supposedly widowed as mother and daughter. The father and the daughter’s husband supposedly crashed in a plane in the opening of the first book in this series. After listening to the first book and this one, I do not believe this was an accident. I believe they purposely crashed a plane not to have to live with these two anymore.
Cassie is bad enough but Lily is downright annoying. The suspense the narrator believe she’s creating every few minutes of the book just to have it comically wiped away is so frustrating.
I’m trying to finish the book, but at this point, I’m rooting for the bad guys and the ghost to finish these two off!