SYNOPSIS

A full moon. A haunted dinner crawl. One too many missing neighbors.

Finn Dockrey thought Halloween in Pelican Shores meant cider shooters, caramel apples, and a night off from sleuthing. But when a lawn scarecrow turns out to be a corpse and dinner guests start vanishing mid-course, the beach fog rolling into the neighborhood feels a little too ominous.

Finn’s no stranger to chaos. The artist and café co-owner has a knack for unraveling mysteries. And a soft spot for the town’s quirky suspects. Alongside her boon-docking best friend, Birdie, a clue-sniffing golden retriever named Beau, and Queen Bean the judgmental cat, Finn finds herself knee-deep in rumors of vampires, old ghost stories, and all the creepiness the Neighborhood Haunted Crawl has to offer.

Could the culprit be Ruth and Robert Kuhl, the eccentric, jewel-dripping German neighbors? Or Count Dimitrie and his aloof (and suspiciously absent) wife, Violeta, whose garlic avoidance has tongues wagging?

As whispers swirl and alibis fray, even the friendliest neighbors start eyeing each other with suspicion.

The fog thickens as more guests vanish, and Finn must uncover the truth—before the old ghost story turns deadly.

REVIEW

Imagine attending a progressive dinner where the participants begin to disappear. If you live in Pelican Shores, you would be used to this type of thing happening, and you would know that one of your neighbors is behind it all. No ghosts, no vampires, just innocent party games and neighbors doing what they do to scare each other during the spooky season.

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