The Skeletons of Scarborough House

Chapelwick Mysteries, Book 1

By: Kitty French

Narrated by: Cat Gould

Welcome to Chapelwick, a leafy English town in the hills of Shropshire, where chocolate fudge cake comes served with a side of murder.

Scarborough House is haunted, and it's not doing much for Donovan Scarborough's investment portfolio. No one wants to buy a place with levitating crockery, or (the wrong kind of) rhythmic pounding throughout the night.

Luckily, Melody "I-See-Dead-People" Bittersweet has just launched her own ghostbusting agency with best friend Marina, geeky, keen Arthur, and a one-eared pug called Lestat. They're quick to take the case, even if it has already sort of (definitely) been given to Leo Dark, Melody's rakish, despicable ex.

Melody soon discovers the resident phantoms are three brothers, one who was murdered at 20, while the others lived to old age. But did the family exile the right person, or did the true killer get away with it?

Donovan Scarborough doesn't care who solves the case. Whoever gets rid of the ghosts gets paid.

Can Melody and her new crew untangle the mystery, and bring the brothers peace, before Leo? Or will his distracting sexiness and Melody's bonkers family cause the agency to fall at its first hurdle?

Contains mature themes.

©2016 Kitty French (P)2018 Tantor

More entertaining than I expected

Fun cast of characters. Silly, but entertaining. I enjoyed the second book too. I would listen to more in the series.

Very little mystery

The parts about the mystery were great! The annoying internal dialogue and soft porn were pointless. They made the story 4 hours longer than it needed to be.

Slow

So slow! Way too much detail shoved down your throat in the first chapter instead of being shared naturally in the story line. Just doesn't grab your attention. Sorry to have wasted a credit