Ghostly Cozy Mystery Magic to Haunt Your Fall

The only thing worse than running into an ex? Running into his ghost, as Everly discovers when she returns to her hometown. Still trying to move past her cheating former husband, Everly isn’t ready to run into another ex: her high school boyfriend Hudson, who’s not only dead but ready to haunt Everly until she solves his murder.

You’ll cheer for Everly as she follows the clues to the killer, particularly if you like strong, stubborn female sleuths. Written by a mother-daughter team, this book begins the long-running Haunted Everly After Mysteries series.

If you love Southern-set mysteries as much as I do, you’ll enjoy this series starter from a New York Times bestselling author.

Unemployed graphic designer Verity needs work. So when a mistake grants her the ability to see ghosts, she accepts a job from deputy sheriff Ellis, her ex’s brother, to clear his Tennessee estate of things that go bump in the night. Along the way, Verity discovers an old murder case that may cause her to become a spirit herself if she isn’t careful.

You’ll adore Verity’s ghostly sidekick who’s always up for solving crimes.

There’s no denying it: Florida is weird. But it’s not usually as weirdly delightful as this series starter about Amelia, a perimenopausal cookie baker with a cat named Freddie Purrcury who inherits a haunted Florida inn. One of the ghost’s methods of haunting? Messing with the air conditioning. (If you’ve been to the South, you can imagine the horror.)

Amelia soon connects with the local magical community and discovers her otherworldly powers, not to mention a budding attraction with a professor.

I savored the book’s mix of humor, romance, and paranormal activity, and especially loved reading about a middle-aged female sleuth.

Travel to the Jazz Age Midwest in this mystery starring Nola, a young widow who returns to her Illinois hometown in the wake of her husband’s death during World War I. There Nola lives with her Aunt Sarah, a psychic who helps her hone an ability to communicate with the dead. When someone sets fire to a jazz club and a young woman is accused of murder, Nola will need to use her skills, practical and spiritual, to solve the case and clear the girl’s name.

Written by a psychic medium herself, this deliciously atmospheric novel will keep you reading late into the night.

During a bout of consumption in late 19th-century England, Leighanna had one foot in the grave. Now the young woman is once again among the living and determined to solve the murder of a local socialite. Things take a ghastly turn when Leighanna attends a ball and the dead girl’s ghost appears to request her help. But can she sniff out the killer without putting her own fragile life at risk?

If you’re as drawn to Victorian England as I am, this book and its gothic vibes will grab you and not let go.

A New York Times bestselling author delivers a fun and ghostly New Orleans locked-room mystery in this new release.

Harper has inherited her aunt’s bed-and-breakfast, Midnight House. What she never expected was the place to become a crime scene when a famous psychic is killed during a séance. As she’s haunted by ghostly whispers, Harper is moved to help solve the case alongside a local historian and her podcaster best friend. If this eerie and enjoyable premise isn’t enough to tempt you, just know there’s a pet skunk involved.