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The Ghosts of Mystic Springs (Mystic Springs Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Mona Marple (Author), Katie Forrest (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 927 ratings
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Why be normal when you can be paranormal?

Welcome to Mystic Springs, where things definitely go bump in the night.


As the town’s medium, Connie Winters is the only person who can see the ghosts who call Mystic Springs home.


When young temptress Lola is killed, the dead Mayor and the dead Sheriff are determined to investigate.

Since they’ve never been replaced with live counterparts, they’d better get on with it. But they need Connie’s help. And if Connie’s helping, her sister Sage is going to get involved too - she’s beautiful, slim, and twenty years dead.

Connie must battle her own inner demons in order to believe she’s capable of succeeding. But she has no idea what she’s up against, because when your life has been destroyed, you have nothing left to lose.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07DWHXG5C
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (June 25, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 25, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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ONE PENNY A STORY, I called across the playground.

Entirely unusual, given how shy I was (and still am), for me to be shouting anything across a playground.

But there I was, a double-sided sheet of narrow ruled paper (I've always been kind of particular about the paper I like. Back then, narrow ruled. Now, grid.) in my hand, selling stories I hadn't yet wrote.

Every line featured a different title. I'd lay on my bed the night before thinking of them all, probably singing along to Boyzone songs as I did [hey, don't judge... I see you over there like you never thought you were destined to marry a boy band singer...].

My school friends could buy a Mona original for one penny. One penny!

They'd pick the title they liked, hand over their sweaty penny, and I'd write the story for them.

And I've never grown out of writing stories.

Now, I write cozy mystery stories from my den in the Peak District, and when I'm not writing them, I'm reading them.

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Connie Posey DeLoach
5.0 out of 5 stars A good cozy
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024
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A real mystery. I can usually figure them out. This one took longer. I liked that. The characters are unique. I liked it a lot.😁
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mmmurdoog
4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting whodunit.
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2022
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An interesting whodunit. Connie Winters is the only living person in Mystic Springs who can see the spirits of the dead. When another person is killed, she reluctantly teams up with some spirits to solve the case. The clues are presented as they are determined. If you are keen, you might deduct the murderer below the reveal. Nonetheless, it is an entertaining story.
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Bibliophile
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit depressing, two and a half stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2021
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Connie is in her 50's, friendless, displaced from her homeland, divorced from her nieces (apparently her only living relatives), friendless, and working as a small-town medium. Her only sustained relationship is with her decades- deceased, manipulative, self-absorbed sister, Sage. Talk about living your best life (not)! The murder mystery is diverting, but the unexplained leaps of knowledge regarding Violet and how to handle the killer are poorly handled. And the constant commentary about Connie's weight and conflicting assurances that she's fine with it are supremely irritating. This storyline has such promise; it's a shame that Book One fails to deliver, but the ending offers hope for this series.
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Kathy Vandergriff
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable paranormal mystery
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023
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Fast moving fun paranormal mystery by an author who keeps the reader engaged throughout the book. Imagine living in a town full of spirits who are seen by some who are alive in this town. The spirits help to solve a murder. I highly recommend this book of you like to read fun paranormal mysteries.
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Tonya Gillon
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2019
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I enjoyed this book. Connie is a medium and her sister Sage ho stays with her, they live in Mystic Springs. They decide to hold a party for the living and the dead. When a woman is murdered at the party. She was a runaway that came to town and stayed, but did not have many friends. Since the town doesn’t have a police force or even a sheriff, it falls on Connie and the ghost of the sheriff and the mayor to try to solve the case.

What a great story and such a neat cast of characters!
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leta
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun story with likable characters
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2019
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In this fun story with likable characters and an interesting sister dynamic the whodunit reveal was definitely a surprise! Cozy mysteries are light and - cozy. Something you want to read wrapped up in a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate on a rainy afternoon.

As I have found in many of my Kindle downloads there are several editing errors, which can be distracting (I am a bit of a grammar nut). I sometimes think I could make a very comfortable living as an online editor. I would have liked to see the mystery of how Sage died resolved before the end of the book. I'm not a fan of cliff hangers that don't allow a wrap up of significant plot lines.

I will not describe the story line, you can read that in the description above. I will just say I would very much like to live in Mystic Springs, right next door to Connie and Sage.
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Lavada Haga
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2022
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I enjoyed this book very much. It is the sort of book that you get interested in and forget about the time. Pure fantasy but it seems plausible as you read it.
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C L Fowles
3.0 out of 5 stars Sisters, the ties that bind
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2019
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I started reading and thought this was a mystery set in England for the first few pages. But it isn't. However the main characters are British. These are sisters, one dead and one who can see the dead.
These sisters are as different as night and day. One beautiful and one plain. One with kids and one single no children. Fat versus thin. They still argue and analyze each other.
I flew through this story. It is a quick read, but I only finished it to confirm my suspicion as to who the murderer was.
I do think the author has stories to tell and I believe that she will get more polished as she writes. I will probably but more stories.
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Tandy
5.0 out of 5 stars I want to live in Mystic Springs
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2021
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A very enjoyable read. I loved the characters, people and ghosts. The story is well written and made me want to live in Mystic Springs. I never like to spoil the story for other potential readers so won't go into great detail but I will be purchasing every book in this series.
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Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting mystery
Reviewed in Canada on October 7, 2018
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I enjoyed this book. It is a bit different than what I usually read I still really liked it. The characters are interesting. The town and the way the ghosts interact made it a good read. Once I started reading it was difficult to put down.
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Dallass
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
Reviewed in Australia on December 21, 2019
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However this was a fun read that ends with quite the intriguing twist. Great if you enjoy paranormal cosy mysteries, and while the ghostly characters were very charming - sort of - I was hoping that Connie wouldn’t be such a doormat in her interactions with Sage (aka her sisters ghost).

Still, will be checking out the next book to see what the fallout is from the ‘twist’.
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K. Young
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in Canada on November 21, 2020
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I really enjoy the unique interplay between the main character and her ghost sister.
In all of the first three books of the series, I would give five stars were it not for the grammatical errors that I am certain are not due to cultural differences. Punctuation and capitalization errors, particularly involving dialogue, and verb tense/subject issues abound.
It says something about the quality of the story that I didn't toss this into the DNF pile.
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Helennnlouise18
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2018
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I prefer the Waterfell Tweed novels but this was still a great read and it was completely different to anything else I’ve ever read! Quick, addictive read and I can’t wait to read the next book.
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