The Spectre of Hawthorne Manor is the second in the Homefront Sleuths Mystery series by father/daughter writing team of Anna Elliott and Charles Velley. It is 1941, the war is raging, and if that's not enough, there are ghosts. Evie doesn't believe in ghosts, but when Lord Hawthorne also mentions seeing 'something' she begins to wonder just what is going on. Then he is found dead at the foot of the stairs. Long buried secrets begin to emerge, estranged family members show up, do they expect to be part of the inheritance? Evie calls on her friends known as the homefront sleuths to figure things out.

The Cold Case Crew, and Bessie, have a reputation of solving old cases. A friend of a friend asks for her help ... his mother was murdered thirty years ago and it was never solved. Mostly he just wants someone to listen to him, which she does, but of course that leads to other things. This is not the cold case in the title: The Phelps File, so she is actually working on two cases this time. Fortunately she has some good contacts with people that can help. The interesting twist this time is in the title case ... no one is especially likeable, and they all lie! The 16th entry in the Aunt Bessie Cold Case Mystery series by Diana Xarissa has some good twists. :-)

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