Sweet Tea and Spirits

De: Angie Fox

Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert

*USA Today best-selling series!*

Southern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she’s surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call. Verity’s new client needs her to go in undercover and investigate strange happenings at the group’s historic headquarters.

But while spirits are whispering hints of murder, the socialites are more focused on Verity’s 1978, avocado-green Cadillac. And when Verity stumbles upon a fresh body, she's going to need the long-dead citizens of Sugarland to help her solve the crime. Good thing she has the handsome deputy sheriff Ellis Wydell on hand, as well as her ghostly sidekick Frankie. The bad thing is, the ghosts are now whispering about the end of a certain ghost hunter.

©2017 Angie Fox (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Sweet Tea and Spirits

Verity is called to help solve another murder. It’s quite a shock when she finally learns who made that call. She, Frankie her Deputy boyfriend, Ellis help solve the who done it again. Frankie finally finds “the one” who steals his heart. Another winner from Ms. Fox!

Historical Society Flusies and Gangsters Gunning!

One of my favorite cozy mystery series is the Southern Ghost Hunter. I enjoy small town southern girl Verity Hunt struggling against the old tabbies of the town, getting past her disastrous near-wedding to the cheating golden boy of town by falling for his older, sweeter brother, and her accidental introduction to the world of ghostly mayhem when she is stuck with a gangster ghost who puts the 'life' into afterlife.

Verity, with Frankie's dubious help, tumbles into murder and ghostly troubles with each new series installment. I started them out of order, but I did see how getting them in order made sense of some things that are understood by this point in the series.

In this latest, Verity finds herself tangling once again with Sugarland's high society ladies including her boyfriend, Ellis' snobby and conniving mother, Virginia, when she is hired to calm the ghosts at the old manor where the historical society meets. Verity wants nothing to do with the plastic set, but she can't turn her back on a phone call for help that seems to be from a ghost. The trouble leads to murder and now she is definitely in for the long haul with Ellis at her side. Meanwhile, she needs to help Frankie sort some troubles on the ghostly plain when he tangles with a dangerous ghost of a Chicago mobster and gets his first ghostly romantic efforts in a tangle.

These are light and fun on one level since sweet Verity is winging it much of the time and has to force Frankie her gangster ghost's cooperation with bribes and promises, but there are other layers like struggling still with Virginia Wydell's hatred for Verity because she left her son Beau at the altar and began dating another son, Ellis, a sterling man that his mother under-appreciates because he went into humble police work.

The mysteries are clever and entertaining though not really complex. I enjoy how there is always a ghost problem attached to the mystery and the settings tend to be a little creepy and tied to the past as a result.

Tavia Gilbert is a fantastic narrator match for this series and I'm never more pleased than when I can click on and listen in as she voices Verity and Frankie along with the rest of the characters. A light Southern drawl for Verity and a tough guy 20's shtick for Frankie. She hits just the right note of lightness with excitement throughout the story. She will insert more emotion into her voice when the situation calls for it so she is acting and not merely storytelling, but it never feels overdone.

All in all, it was good times and leaves me pleasantly anticipating my next encounter with Verity and Frankie as they get tangled up in a new ghostly adventure. This series is for those who like to add paranormal to their cozy mystery.

Engaging

Story kept me interested to see who did it! Hope Ellis and Verdi stay together.

fun story... left wanting more..

I enjoyed it.. wanted to know more about the storyline. nice to see Frankie grow a little, but verity sure was dense in this one..

My favorite in the Southern Ghost Hunter series

Sweet Tea and Spirits is the fifth book in the Southern Ghost Hunter series by Angie Fox.

The mystery begins when Verity Long receives a ghostly phone call that there has been a murder at the Sugarland Heritage Society building. Verity's boyfriend, Deputy Sheriff Ellis Wydell, is dispatched to the scene shortly after. Verity is eager to help solve the murder, but she runs into a big problem...there is no body found at the scene! At night, Verity and her ghostly sidekick Frankie decide to go investigate the spirit side of things at the Heritage Society building in hopes to get to the source of the mysterious phone call, and this time they come across the dead body of someone they know.

The mystery continues in what is, in my opinion, the most thrilling book of the entire series to date! This book is spooky, funny, and has a great surprise ending. I have grown so fond of the characters in this series ever since I downloaded a free sample of the first book on a whim one day. I am eagerly awaiting the next adventure!