Bernie and Libby are catering at a haunted house festival. Set at a former school, it’s a total delight for those wishing to be scared, especially since an accident, or maybe a murder, killed a student there years ago. As the duo get a sneak preview to the scary displays, the last thing they expected to see was a head rolling towards them - a real head, that is, decapitated from a now-dead body. Now, they feel compelled to find the real murderer and save an innocent man from more jail time. It’s a pretty good mystery, made a bit more complicated because the deceased had so few friends and so many enemies. The book can be read as a stand-alone for the mystery, but the characters have substantial backstories, and not everything will make sense to readers who have not read the previous books. Still, it’s a well written mystery, and a nice fit for Hallowe’en, filled with all the right words to set the scene. ( )

Two sisters (complete opposites) get together to solve a mystery of a long dead young coed at a local private school. Somehow the one sister always has time to snoop--even though she owns a bakery. And don't forgot their retired cop father!! This book keeps you guessing until the end as to whodunit. ( )

The last two books that I have read have relied on the detective powers of Bernie Simpson to investigate and solve the mystery. Poor Libby is constantly eating chocolate and worrying about her old, frumpy clothes. The treats for the Halloween party at the Haunted House sound delicious. And what a haunted house, complete with a real head falling down the steps! The sense of a grudge lasting for decades and finally being resolved is plausible. This novel is not one of the more exciting books of the series. ( )

Got this book as a gift, I had high hopes for the story.As I had wanted to read it for a while. Read at halloween. Unfortunatly it was not as good as I expected, at times it got confusing with the characters and there wasnt as much cozy Halloween description as I was hoping for. There was a ghost and that added the most to this book.. ( )