A Deadly Brew by Lynn Cahoon is the second novella in the “Tourist Trap” mystery series. This book follows If the Shoe Kills. Publisher: Kensington, coming September 4, 2018

As Halloween approaches South Cove, California, four couples get into the spirit of the holiday by conjuring up spirits. . .

The house has sat empty for fifteen years, taking up prime real estate along the picturesque coastline. Built by one of the founders of South Cove, its last known owner, Maryanne Demerit, vanished without a trace. Now her home will be demolished for a condo development, but until then, it’s the perfect spot for a Halloween haunted house.

Jill Gardner, owner of Coffee, Books, and More, her boyfriend, and three other couples are spending the weekend in the Demerit home. But what begins as an all-in-good-fun fright fest turns into a mystery begging to be solved as Jill is contacted by the ghost of Maryanne . . .

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It’s Halloween. Four couples are on lockdown in a haunted house where things go bump into the night. A vivid dream. What is the message? Digging into the crevices of the house, they discover many things and it’s that puzzle they set out to solve.

The author does a great job in ratcheting up the suspense with a well-written mystery that grabbed my attention and quickly became a page turner as I had to know what happened next. Greg and Jill do what they do best and that is ferret out information that gets to the heart of the matter. The narrative was easy to follow along and the dialogue kept the story moving forward. The mystery was nicely done and I enjoyed the surprising twist when all was revealed. This is a good short story to tie me over until the next full-length book in this delightfully charming series comes out.

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FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.