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The Ghostly Groundskeeper: A Cozy Mystery (A Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery Book 12) by [Kathi Daley]

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Book 12 of 14: A Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery

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If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this mystery series set in the small town of White Eagle Montana.

In book 12 in the series, Tony offers to pay for a televised ad promoting the annual haunted house, and Tess agrees to act as spokesperson. She shows up to film the piece and quickly discovers that the 'haunted' in haunted house was proving to be more real than imaginary. Join Tess and the gang as she decides to uncover the truth about former resident Doctor Franktown once and for all.

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September 7, 2021
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0961N85CY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kathi Daley Books (September 7, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 7, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1909 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #28,070 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #185 in Holiday Fiction (Books)
- #210 in Holiday Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #463 in Cozy Animal Mystery

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USA Today Bestselling Author Kathi Daley lives in the beautiful alpine community of Lake Tahoe with her husband Ken. When she's not writing she enjoys hanging out on the beach with her children and grandchildren. During the summer she enjoys hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, wakeboarding, and sunset cruises on the lake. During the winter she enjoys cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and curling up by a fire with a good book.

Kathi uses her mountain home as inspiration for her books, all which include appearances by the wildlife she shares her life with.

For weekly updates and contests sign up for her newsletter The Daley Weekly at (http://eepurl.com/NRPDf)or by accessing the link on her Facebook page or website.

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A Haunted Estate

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2021

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The Ghostly Groundskeeper is the twelfth book in Kathi Daley’s Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery series. The setting is charming, and the three-dimensional characters are delightful in this cozy mystery. The storyline flows at a steady pace, and the storyline is well plotted and intriguing, with plenty of twists and red herrings to keep readers engaged. I highly recommend this series to those who enjoy reading well-crafted cozy mysteries.

Upon their return from a trip to Italy to visit Tony’s family, Tess and Tony learn that while they were gone, they were nominated for and voted in as co-chairs for the annual Halloween Festival, including a special television event being filmed at Doctor Franktown’s estate. The Franktown estate, which was abandoned decades ago and is currently slated for demolition, is rumored to be haunted by men kidnapped, murdered, and buried when Doctor Franktown and his wife were alive. The mansion becomes an active crime scene when the electrician Tony hired to ensure the electrical system was safe and properly working discovers a body in the basement.

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Kay Monk

spooky Halloween story

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2021

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The Ghostly Groundskeeper is the 12th book in Kathi Daley’s Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery series. This book is another great story filled with the elements of a cozy mystery including suspense, romance, humor, love, friends and family, and a sense of community.

In this story, Tess and Tony are co-chairs of the local Halloween Festival fundraiser to raise money for the town so local programs won‘t have to be cut. One event is an online auction in which the 12 highest bidders get to spend the night in an old, dilapidated, possibly real haunted house with two ghost hunters from a cable television show called “Ghost Therapy.” While preparing the huge house for this event, a dead body is discovered in the basement. Tess, along with her resourceful husband, Tony, and her brother, Mike, who is a police officer, work to discover the identity of the killer and to learn the truth about the tragic events that occurred in the past at this house.

The setting is perfect for a Halloween mystery. As always, Mrs. Daley’s writing flows smoothly, and her setting and relatable characters make for an extremely enjoyable and quick read.

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Jo Anne Vincenti

interesting ghost story

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2021

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Love the twist that came about in the ghost story and what a great outcome for all. Love the good all over feeling I get when reading about how Tony and Tess are such good-hearted people. A great book where I got to learn more about the characters in this series, was able to be a sleuth following the clues to solve the murder mystery, and was able to immersed myself in the community activies.

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Another excellent cozy

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2021

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A delightful, not scary, tale set in October around Halloween, where Tess and Tony are co-chairs for the Halloween Festival. Part of the happening is a TV show named Ghost Therapists to be set in an abandoned house. The story is that a doctor whose son died and he couldn't help him basically went nuts and began kidnapping young men to experiment on until they died over a period of ten years.This was not a good part of the story, and additionally a man named Pete was murdered at the house. However, the mystery is solved and new friends are made by the end of the book. 🙂

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2021

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I found this to be one of those mysteries that was hard to find a stopping point. So I just read all night. Kathi Daley's books tend to be like that for me. I was happy to see that Tess and Tony were including Mike a lot more while investigating, but then Mike has a tendency to end up tied to a chair on occasion. It all adds to the excitement of the story. True to her style, the ending was quite the surprise. I enjoyed reading this book and now I'm waiting on to the next book in the series.

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Another Tess and Tilly mystery worth reading

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021

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This book is such a great continuation of the Tess and Tilly series. I have enjoyed everyone of these stories
I love the characters and the changes they go through in their lives while solving Complex mysteries . This book did not disappoint my expectation of a great story, filled with Side characters and a happy ending. I don't b like to tell the details of the plot because then you have no reason to read it, butb12 books and still great mysteries - great reading time

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2022

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I love reading Kathi Daley’s adventures with all her characters. Don’t know what I will do when I finish all the stories. This edition of Tess and Tilly features a complicated mystery which includes a level of danger for Tess and Tony. No spoilers for you. Read it! It’s a wonderful example of community support and fun with a little mystery challenge thrown in for variety.

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RRS

All her books deserve 5 stars!

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2022

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Tess and Tilly Cozy Mysteries are some of my very favorite books of Kathi Daley's. They are so much good clean fun. You get mystery, romance, adventure, and love of animals all in one. If you haven't read any, please go back to the very first one and read them in order. You will be happy that you did.

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Great cozy mystery series...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2022

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I really enjoy reading these books, sad to have finished the last one for now, and hoping there are more to come soon.

Tess, Tony and the rest of the team are caught up in Halloween again, and when a body is found in the haunted house, once which shouldn't be there, they're drawn into a mystery many years in the making.

If you like cozy mysteries set in a small town with likeable characters, and a touch of romance thrown in, then these are for you. In fact, all of the cozy mystery series written by this author are similar in vein.

Books are best read in order of publication to preserve continuity of the characters and series.

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