Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant

by Darci Hannah Narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley

Overview

Lindsey prefers to keep her bakeshop's Halloween décor light and autumnal, rather than gruesome and ghoulish. But everyone knows her lighthouse home is haunted. Some intrepid teens have even tried to break in to witness the resident ghost themselves. Dreading Halloween night, Lindsey reluctantly allows her influencer and podcaster best friend, Kennedy, to host a live ghost hunting investigation in the lighthouse, conducted by a professional team. Protective of her ghost, Lyndsey is understandably nervous about what they might uncover . . .



The segment is uneventful-until things take a terrifying turn. The team freaks out. As Kennedy joins the mad dash outside, she bumps into what looks like the prankster teens' creepy clown costume hanging from a tree. But when Lindsey's dog, Wellington, begins to whine, they make a grim discovery: the clown is no dummy. It's a corpse.



Now Lindsey and company will need to keep their cool if they want a ghost of a chance to solve the murder-and see another Halloween . . .

Editorial Reviews

praise for the author Kirkus Reviews

You’ll never see the end coming in this delightfully zany tale.”

From the Publisher

Praise for Darci Hannah

“You’ll never see the end coming in this delightfully zany tale.” —Kirkus Reviews on Murder at the Blueberry Festival

“From the sweet moments to the sleuthing, this whodunit was a fun, festive ride!” —FIRST for Women on Murder At The Christmas Cookie Bake-Off

“Red herrings, romance, and yummy recipes combine in this charming new series.” —Kirkus Reviews on Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop

“Wellington—or Wellie, for short—exceeded expectations as a delightful canine companion. Most importantly, the mystery was intriguingly layered. I also really enjoyed the food and baking descriptions and thought the inclusion of both the romance and the paranormal element tidily done.” —Criminal Element on Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop
 
“This is a great start to a new series with plenty of sweets, a charming setting, and a mystery to keep readers guessing.” —Parkersburg News and Sentinel
 
“Darci Hannah mixes spicy characters, a sweet bakeshop, and a possibly haunted lighthouse into a charming beachfront Michigan village and serves up a mystery as delectable as the bakeshop’s treats and as twisty as the lighthouse stairs." —Ginger Bolton, author of Boston Scream Murder

Kirkus Reviews

2023-05-24
Living in a haunted lighthouse adds spice, and some other features, to a baker’s life.

Halloween is nigh, and Beacon Harbor, Michigan, is celebrating with pumpkin-themed events. Although Lindsey Bakewell has whipped up a bunch of seasonal treats at her Lighthouse Bakery, a paranormal research team and a bunch of teen pranksters are making her nervous. Awakened by her Newfoundland, Welly, she’s not amused to find a life-sized Freddy Krueger doll hanging from a tree in her yard. Her boyfriend, former Navy SEAL Rory Campbell, and her flaky best friend, Kennedy, help keep her calm, and she asks high school teacher Leslie Adams to point her toward possible perpetrators. Then Kennedy drops a bombshell: She’s invited the Ghost Guys from the Travel Channel to see if they can raise the spirit of the lighthouse ghost, Capt. Willy Riggs. Hoping to stop the pranks, Lindsey invites the local teens to a pumpkin-carving party, Leslie having steered her toward several groups with varying interests: jocks, witches, nature lovers. Also intrigued by her haunted lighthouse is a well-known author in search of a topic to juice his sales. After the Ghost Guys stir things up, the fleeing Kennedy runs into the corpse of Leslie hanging from the oak tree. Because the lighthouse may hold a map leading to a sunken treasure, the suspects in Leslie’s death by mushroom poisoning include treasure hunters. Lindsey and friends, who all have experience in finding killers, resolve to uncover this one before they become the next victims.

A feel-good whodunit with plenty of thrills and chills for the likable sleuths.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940178278802
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	07/25/2023
Series:	Beacon Bakeshop Series , #4
Edition description:	Unabridged

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