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Aug 22, 2011
Lynn
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Alison Kerby is freshly divorced mother of a nine year old who has moved back to her home town and bought an old Victorian to renovate and make into a guesthouse (NOT a Bed & Breakfast -- she doesn't cook). Shortly after she starts her work, a strange occurrence takes place -- a bucket of compound lands on her head and she starts seeing ghosts. After this she discovers that her mother has always been able to see and speak with ghosts and her daughter as well.
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Sep 08, 2010
Drebbles
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Newly divorced Alison Kerby is determined to build a new life for her and her nine year old daughter Melissa so she buys a fixer-upper on the Jersey Shore and is converting it into a guest house. She can do the repairs herself but isn’t expecting to encounter a pair of ghosts: that of the previous owner Maxie Malone and Paul Harrison, a private investigator who had been working for Maxie. They want Allison to find out who killed them but she needs to be careful – the killer is willing to strike
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Jun 07, 2010
Liz
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I’m not sure what possessed me to buy this book – it just appeared in the mail after one of my book-ordering sprees.
The premise is not especially original, woman buys house, house is haunted, the ghosts want the new owner to help solve the mystery of their death. This time the new homeowner is Alison Kerby and she wants to open a guesthouse on the Jersey Shore. The ghosts are Maxie, the former owner and Paul, the private investigator who Maxie had hired to help figure out who was sen More...
The premise is not especially original, woman buys house, house is haunted, the ghosts want the new owner to help solve the mystery of their death. This time the new homeowner is Alison Kerby and she wants to open a guesthouse on the Jersey Shore. The ghosts are Maxie, the former owner and Paul, the private investigator who Maxie had hired to help figure out who was sen More...
Aug 01, 2011
Karen B
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This was one of those "feel good" mysteries that I love so much.
I decided to try this because the setting was the Jersey Shore and I live in NJ.
Alison has bought and is trying to fix up a beautiful Victorian house that she is planning to make into a guesthouse. The problem is that she already has two guests to start with, two ghosts who died in that house and want her to help find who murdered them and why. As Alison digs into the investigation she learns that both her More...
I decided to try this because the setting was the Jersey Shore and I live in NJ.
Alison has bought and is trying to fix up a beautiful Victorian house that she is planning to make into a guesthouse. The problem is that she already has two guests to start with, two ghosts who died in that house and want her to help find who murdered them and why. As Alison digs into the investigation she learns that both her More...
Aug 04, 2010
LJ
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First Sentence: “I don’t get it, Mom. If this is our house, why are other people going to live here?”
Alison Kerby is newly divorced, has a nine-year-old daughter and is opening a guesthouse–not a B and B and no breakfast will be served—on the Jersey Shore. What she doesn’t expect is for her first guests to be two ghosts who had died in the house. Although their death had been ruled as suicide, they want Alison to find their murderer.
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Alison Kerby is newly divorced, has a nine-year-old daughter and is opening a guesthouse–not a B and B and no breakfast will be served—on the Jersey Shore. What she doesn’t expect is for her first guests to be two ghosts who had died in the house. Although their death had been ruled as suicide, they want Alison to find their murderer.
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Sep 25, 2011
Pam
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The first in a new mystery series is set in a small town on the New Jersey shore. The premise isn't original but I really enjoyed all the unique characters...both living and dead. I liked Allison and her talent to renovate most things in the house on her own. And that she got her ability to see ghosts after being hit in the head with a five-gallon bucket of joint compound...thanks to ghost Maxie...it was a hoot. This woman is able to take most things is stride, so finding her house is inhabited
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Jun 05, 2011
Cynthia
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What can you possibly say about a book touted as 'A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery' that doesn't sound overly kitschy? This first in a new series about things that go bump in the night was OK. The premise was enough to grab my attention: Single mom buys Victorian house on beach. She plans to renovate and open a Guesthouse (she doesn't call it a B&B because she doesn't plan on having food). As soon as she moves in, weird things start to happen. A large hole appears in a plaster wall. Tools beg
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Sep 09, 2010
Tracy
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Alison Kerby a newly divorced mother, along with her 9-year old daughter Melissa, is fixing up a guesthouse (not a B&B) in her home town of Harbor Haven on the Jersey Shore with money she earned from a sexual harassment suit against her previous employer. After a joint compound bucket falls on Alison’s head, she wakes with a severe concussion and is able to see the resident ghosts. The ghosts are the former owner, Maxie, and her private investigator / bodyguard, Paul. They were investigating
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Jun 21, 2010
Patty
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I love this book! It was fun and humorous as well as a wonderful character study. Of course, I've enjoyed everything that E.J.'s alter-ego has written so it wasn't much of a surprise.
Alison Kerby has purchased a house and is working to renovate the seven (!) bedroom house into a guesthouse. She's a pretty fair carpenter and "handywoman" who is doing most of the work herself. She is trying to build a new life for herself and her nine-year-old daughter. When she is hit o More...
Alison Kerby has purchased a house and is working to renovate the seven (!) bedroom house into a guesthouse. She's a pretty fair carpenter and "handywoman" who is doing most of the work herself. She is trying to build a new life for herself and her nine-year-old daughter. When she is hit o More...
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Nov 06, 2011
Ami
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This is a charming cozy mystery ... I find Alison Kerby, a newly divorced mother who is very competent in fixing the house as refreshing. I love how she deals with her nine-year-old daughter and her own mother. It is so funny when Alison finds out that she is not the only one in the Kerby's family that can see the ghosts :).
In fact, all of the characters here are charming ... including the resident ghosts, Paul and Maxie. Oh, Maxie might drives Alison crazy at first but she IS good w More...
In fact, all of the characters here are charming ... including the resident ghosts, Paul and Maxie. Oh, Maxie might drives Alison crazy at first but she IS good w More...
Oct 28, 2010
Myhotstylist
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Great start to a new series!
Meet Alison Kerby, new homeowner to a fixer-upper guest house, and her daughter Melissa. Alison's renovations get turned upside down when a pair of ghosts decide to drop a bucket of copound on her head. Now Alison and see and hear the ghostly duo, and they insist she help them find out their killer. What she discovers is that theres a valuable hidden artifact inside the house, and theres someone in town that would kill to get it.
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Meet Alison Kerby, new homeowner to a fixer-upper guest house, and her daughter Melissa. Alison's renovations get turned upside down when a pair of ghosts decide to drop a bucket of copound on her head. Now Alison and see and hear the ghostly duo, and they insist she help them find out their killer. What she discovers is that theres a valuable hidden artifact inside the house, and theres someone in town that would kill to get it.
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Mar 30, 2011
Snap
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Night of the Living Deed: A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery by E.J. Copperman is a cozy mystery, the first in a new series and a winner. Alison Kerby is newly divorced and she wants a second chance for herself and her nine year old daughter Melissa. She returns to her hometown on the Jersey Shore to transform a fixer-upper into a guesthouse. Alison was taught by her father all the ins and outs of home repair and she worked for a homecenter so she's good with tools and knows what she needs to do to wo
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Jun 15, 2011
Cathy
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First Line: "I don't get it, Mom."
Newly divorced Alison Kerby has returned to the Jersey Shore to fulfill a dream: renovating a Victorian fixer-upper into a beautiful guesthouse. She figures she has the know-how and just enough money to complete the makeover and open for business so she can provide a decent future for Melissa, her nine-year-old daughter.
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Newly divorced Alison Kerby has returned to the Jersey Shore to fulfill a dream: renovating a Victorian fixer-upper into a beautiful guesthouse. She figures she has the know-how and just enough money to complete the makeover and open for business so she can provide a decent future for Melissa, her nine-year-old daughter.
As she begins the process of renovating, she gets the odd vibe now and then but thinks nothing of it until a fifty More...
Nov 02, 2010
Cindy
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Great book! I wanted to find out more about E.J. Cooperman, (male or female) so I looked on her/his website. It appears that the author is actually a well-known mystery novelist who is branching out into a new area and wants to remain anonymous. I'm looking forward to the next book due out in April 2011.
Alison and her daughter buy a fixer-upper to turn into a vacation place along the Jersey shore. She doesn't realize until after a bump on the head that something else came along with More...
Alison and her daughter buy a fixer-upper to turn into a vacation place along the Jersey shore. She doesn't realize until after a bump on the head that something else came along with More...
Jul 03, 2010
Lindsay
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After I got this book home and was about to read it, I thought that maybe it wasn't since a good idea to read a book about a haunted house, since I often think that my apartment is haunted. But the book wasn't scary at all. It was actually kind of funny, and I liked it.
Its about a woman and her daughter who buy a giant house in New Jersey and she is trying to fix it up and make it a guesthouse. But soon she finds out that its haunted by two people who were murdered there and they ask for More...
Its about a woman and her daughter who buy a giant house in New Jersey and she is trying to fix it up and make it a guesthouse. But soon she finds out that its haunted by two people who were murdered there and they ask for More...
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Jun 15, 2011
Tami
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I started reading this, expecting it to be a knock-off of Alice Kimberley's Haunted Bookshop series, which seems to have a similar premise- a private investigator is killed while on a case and is now unable to leave the building in which he was killed. However, that is where the similarities end.
Night of the Living Deed focuses on the renovation of a house into a guesthouse on the Jersey Shore. After being hit on the head, the owner starts seeing the two ghosts who inhabit the house, a More...
Night of the Living Deed focuses on the renovation of a house into a guesthouse on the Jersey Shore. After being hit on the head, the owner starts seeing the two ghosts who inhabit the house, a More...
Oct 10, 2011
Karen
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Welcome to the first Haunted Guest House mystery-the getaway every reader can afford.
Newly divorced Alison Kerby wants a second chance for herself and her nine-year-old daughter. She's returned to her hometown on the Jersey Shore to transform a Victorian fixer-upper into a charming-and profitable-guest house. One small problem: the house is haunted, and the two ghosts insist Alison must find out who killed them.
Enjoyed reading this first of a series mystery with some sup More...
Newly divorced Alison Kerby wants a second chance for herself and her nine-year-old daughter. She's returned to her hometown on the Jersey Shore to transform a Victorian fixer-upper into a charming-and profitable-guest house. One small problem: the house is haunted, and the two ghosts insist Alison must find out who killed them.
Enjoyed reading this first of a series mystery with some sup More...
May 04, 2011
Patti
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I almost didn't read this book because I had heard it had ghosts in it; ghosts work sometimes, but not all the time. I was browsing at work, and came across this, it sounded like something I was looking for, and I brought it home. I am very happy I did. Everything worked for me in this book--the main character and her daughter, their friends, the suspects, the mystery, and the ghosts (there are two). I enjoyed this book from beginning to end. Minor quibble from someone who has never repaired any
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May 31, 2011
John
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At first I thought this would be a ripoff of the "Haunted Bookshop" series, but I was pleasantly surprised. The protagonist is savvy and funny, without being (stereotypically "Jersey") over-the-top. I did have issues with the Canadian ghost's having decided to move to the States and start working as a detective, without any mention of American relatives nor special work skills; I also couldn't buy into the nasty references to Alison's ex-husband without learning exactly why h
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May 22, 2011
BJ
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I'm not really a fan of ghost or paranormal novels, but this one I like. It is a fun read and doesn't take itself too seriously. It does, however, have a satisfying plot, and the characters are likable and caring, even the dead ones. Admittedly, it gets a bit schmaltzy at the end, but it worked for me because I felt it was written by a tender heart. I am still not a fan of ghost stories for the most part, but I am a fan of E.J. Copperman/Jeffrey Cohen. I recommend this book to mystery fans who n
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Aug 30, 2010
Heather
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All she wants is a fresh start for Melissa, her 9 year old daughter, and herself. What Alison Kerby gets is a house on the Jersey Shore that seems bent on destroying itself, or rather, the ghost of the previous owner and that of the PI that was supposed to be protecting her that are destroying the house. Now along with renovating her one hundred year old house, Alison also has the task of convincing the police to re-open their supposed "suicide" case.
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Mar 27, 2011
Nairabell
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Alison Kerby is carving out a new life for herself after her divorce by purchasing a rundown property on the New Jersey shore. She's always dreamed of returning to her home town and opening a guesthouse there, so when the ideal property became available she brought it straight away and moved in with her nine-year-old daughter Melissa. A head injury during the renovations leaves Alison with the ability to see ghosts, and she soon realises her guesthouse already has two residents. Paul and Maxie a
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Jul 06, 2011
Beverly
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From the back of the book:
"7 BEDROOMS, 4 BATHS, 2 GHOSTS.
Newly divorced Alison Kerby wants a second chance for herself and her nine-year-old daughter, so she's returned to her hometown on the Jersey Shore to transform a fixer-upper into a charming - and hopefully profitable - guest house. But when a bump on the head leaves her seeing not only stars but spirits, Alison realizes the real challenge she's facing is out of this world.
The two residing ghosts are Max More...
"7 BEDROOMS, 4 BATHS, 2 GHOSTS.
Newly divorced Alison Kerby wants a second chance for herself and her nine-year-old daughter, so she's returned to her hometown on the Jersey Shore to transform a fixer-upper into a charming - and hopefully profitable - guest house. But when a bump on the head leaves her seeing not only stars but spirits, Alison realizes the real challenge she's facing is out of this world.
The two residing ghosts are Max More...
Oct 11, 2011
Nell
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Really enjoyed this debut mystery. The smart aleck shero is laugh-out-loud funny; she is skilfully rehabing this old house. Her daughter is charming, a believable character neither saccharine sweet nor bratty. There are enough suspects to keep you guessing and a few plot twists. Plus the ghosts - two different personalities, multi-dimensional, well-developed characters in the story. Even though it's set around Halloween, the author makes this much more than another displaced souls ghost story. L
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Jan 09, 2011
Marsha
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The best description for Night of the Living Deed is just plain fun! Imagine being a thiry something recently divorced mother of an nine year old girl looking for a second chance at life by returning to your hometown on the New Jersey Shore and opening a bed and bath. Well, Alison Kirby and her daughter Melissa are the proud owner of a seven bedroom Victorian house including four baths and two ghosts. Apparently the former owner Maxie Malone and her recently hired P.I., Paul Harrison were found
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Jul 30, 2010
Alexandra
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Allison Kerby and her young daughter buy a Victorian home on the New Jersey shore to turn into a guesthouse, not knowing it is haunted by two recent murder victims who want Allison to solve their murders before doing anything else. Fun setting, lots of charm, likable characters, overall cozy with a well-handled paranormal element. A lightweight, fast-paced novel. Will be looking for the next book in the series.
Oct 19, 2010
Shelly
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This book was really fun! It was a ghost story/ murder mystery all rolled into one! It was not scary at all (which i appreciated) and the mystery kept me guessing until the very end. The main character has a very sarcastic sense of humor which i loved. Now this book is no epic novel that you will never forget, but if you want a book that's just fun to read this is just right. It's perfect for Halloween. Loved it!
Jan 18, 2011
Tricia
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This book is the first title in the "A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery" series. Recently divorced Alison purchases a fixer-upper historical home to renovate into a guesthouse on the Jersey Shore. She and her 9-year-old daughter Melissa encounter ghosts...and work with them to solve their murder. Fun. Light. Quick read. Well-written. I would definitely pick up the next in the series.
Jun 18, 2010
Kristin
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This was a very good cozy. First book in a series. I put this book on my wishlist months ago even though the only thing I had to go on was the title. At the time I had no idea what it was about.
I liked all the characters and I like the paranormal aspect. There were a lot of suspects, but I never figured out who the murderer was. I always figure it out, but not this time.
I liked all the characters and I like the paranormal aspect. There were a lot of suspects, but I never figured out who the murderer was. I always figure it out, but not this time.
Oct 07, 2011
Lori
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Cute cozy with ghosties and home improvement. I love that one of the people who gave this book low stars is "someone who has experienced the paranormal" herself. So, you know. It's not *realistic.*
Well, as someone who's experienced home improvement herself, this protagonist, a single mom/handyman, sure plows through a lot of work in a short time.
Well, as someone who's experienced home improvement herself, this protagonist, a single mom/handyman, sure plows through a lot of work in a short time.
