That's the Spirit!

by Mallory Pierce

FBT review:

He’s on a deadline. She’s just…dead.

That’s the Spirit! by Mallory Pierce is a witty paranormal cozy mystery perfect for indie-book lovers hunting for their next bingeable eBook. When horror author Nolan Drake escapes to a small-town Victorian to cure his writer’s block, he doesn’t expect two things: a corpse in the attic and a chatty resident ghost.

Gwendolyn Frink has haunted her family home for a century, invisible, stuck, and bored—until Nolan becomes the only living person who can help her solve a fresh murder before the town’s Festival of Frights.

Ideal for fans of Angie Fox, Danielle Garrett, and Amy Boyles, this series starter blends humor, hauntings, and whodunnit twists into one unputdownable indie mystery.

Publisher Description:

He’s on a deadline; she's just...dead.

Brought back from the other side by a séance, Gwendolyn Frink has been roaming the halls of her family’s Victorian house for more than a century. She can’t communicate with the living, she can’t leave the premises, and she can’t stand feeling useless.

Enter Nolan Drake, aka the Guru of Gore. Suffering from a wicked case of writer’s block, the best-selling horror author purchases the empty Victorian, thinking a change of scenery from Manhattan to upstate New York might get his creative juices flowing again.

Gwen is thrilled to have a new housemate even when he turns out to be an antisocial, coffee-guzzling grump—spectral beggars can’t be choosers, right?

Nolan is not thrilled when he discovers his real estate agent's dead body in the attic of the Victorian along with its resident ghost—a very talkative, opinionated ghost who insists on him helping her solve the murder of Morgan Charles.

Can this unlikely investigative duo crack the case so that the streets of Woebrook will be safe for the town’s annual Festival of Frights? Or will they run afoul of the wrong person, dooming them both to haunt the Victorian, and drive each other batty, for eternity?

If you enjoy sassy sleuths and supernatural shenanigans, That’s the Spirit! is the book for you! It’s similar in tone and content to the works of Paranormal Cozy Mystery authors Angie Fox, Danielle Garrett, and Amy Boyles.

Promotion: Feb 25, 2026 - Mar 1, 2026

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