num_pages: 278
description:  A delightful read for fans of Donna Andrews and Juliet Blackwell national bestselling author Kate Kingsbury returns with a third installment of her Merry Ghost Inn mysteries. If bed-and-breakfast owners Melanie and Liza along with their laughing ghost tenant cant find a real estate developers killer their own estate will end up with their next of kin.The Merry Ghost Inn is well and truly open for business. Melanie West and her grandmother Liza are rapidly getting the hang of running their charming bed-and-breakfast inn on the rocky Oregon coast. Not that business goes without a hitchwhen your hostelry boasts its own laughing resident ghost youd better be expect the out-of-the-ordinary. But Melanie and Liza take it all in strideuntil a hotshot real estate developer arrives in Sullys Landing touting his plans to build a tacky amusement arcade smack dab in the middle of the tasteful cliff-side town. No one in Sullys Landing can stand the gaudy developer but its still a shock when he ends up murdered. Its even more shocking when Lizas friend Doug emerges as the chief suspect. Melanie and Liza put on their sleuthing caps yet again and set out to clear Dougs name. But the ante is upped when Max Melanies beloved sheepdog/wolfhound mix disappears. When Max reappears just as mysteriously as he vanished with a threatening note attached to his collar Melanie and Liza know the killer is on to them. They nearly check into accommodations six feet under when en route to the crime scene their brakes give out and they narrowly miss plunging over the cliffs to the beach below. Meanwhile the merry ghost who haunts the inn tries to help by dropping clues for Melanie to find but her mind is otherwise preoccupied when the killer kidnaps Liza and holds her prisoner. Now its up to Melanie to piece together the ghosts clues save her mother exonerate her friend keep her guests happy and make sure Max gets his walkies in Kate Kingsburys third mirthful Merry Ghost Inn mystery Be Our Ghost.
language: English
title: Be Our Ghost
publisher: Crooked Lane Books