Spooky season in Crescent Bay shouldn't be this sinister.

The town wide Halloween fundraiser was supposed to be all fun and frights. A full weekend of haunted attractions, creepy plays, and enough spookiness to delight the town, all to finance the upcoming remodel of the Crescent Bay Library.

My friend and employee Sheldon is more excited than most, until the skeleton standing sentry at the museum entrance is stolen.

A couple harmless pranks to celebrate the season are one thing...and we probably should have expected that when we went all in on Halloween.

But when Grady Cordell, the caretaker of crumbling Branson House, is found dead on the property, the festivities take a dark turn.

With the century-old house now at the center of a murder investigation, the whispers of real ghosts and old grudges start swirling. Something's off, and once again, I'm pulled into the mystery. Who - or what - killed Grady?

Apparently, the universe thought I needed additional challenges, because an unexpected visitor to the moon garden brings more bad news. Darkness is creeping in from all sides. The safety of my friends, and the garden's fae portal, rests on my shoulders.

Crescent Bay's shadows hide more than ghosts, and this time, the danger feels all too real.

Halloween is supposed to be a scream - but not like this.

Welcome to the Moon Garden Mysteries paranormal cozy mystery series, a magical blend of paranormal women's fiction and cozy mystery for those who believe forty marks a new beginning, cats can talk (and you'd better listen), and when you're guarding a fae portal, chocolate is a girl's best friend.