Home repair meets haunted happenings in the first charming, hilarious Haunted Guest House Mystery! Newly divorced Alison Kerby wants a second chance for herself and her nine-year-old daughter, so she’s returned to her home town 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 Maxie Malone, the foul-tempered former owner of the house (who has definite opinions about Alison’s design plans), and Paul Harrison, a private eye who’d been working for Maxie—both died in the house on the same night. The official cause of death was suicide, but the ghosts insist they were murdered, and they need Alison to find out who killed them—or the next ghost in the guest house will be Alison herself... Praise for the National Bestselling Haunted Guesthouse Mysteries   “Wonderful...a laugh-out-loud, fast-paced and charming tale.”—Kate Carlisle,  New York Times bestselling author of the Bibliophile Mysteries   “Fans of Charlaine Harris and Sarah Graves will relish this original, laugh-laden paranormal mystery featuring reluctant ghost whisperer Alison Kerby, a Topper for the twenty-first century.”—Julia Spencer-Fleming,  New York Times  bestselling author of  Through the Evil Days   “A couple of demanding ghosts, a quick-witted heroine, a creaky old house and a delightful cast of characters...What a fun and enjoyable story!”—Leann Sweeney,  New York Times  bestselling author of the Cats in Trouble Mysteries   “When combined with the author’s trademark humor and keen writing, readers will be wishing that the novel and the series never end.”— Kings River Life Magazine E. J. Copperman  is the Barry Award–winning, national bestselling author of the Haunted Guesthouse Mysteries, the Mysterious Detective series, the Agent to the Paws Mysteries, and with Jeff Cohen, the Asperger’s Mysteries.