MRS. MORRIS AND THE WOLFMAN

A Massachusetts B&B owner and her resident ghost extend their history of involvement in murders.

Grieving widow Charlene Morris, who left Chicago to open a B&B in ghost-ridden Salem, has built a wonderful new life with the help of handsome detective Sam Holden; Avery Shriver, a teen who’s overcome many obstacles and is like a daughter to her; and Dr. Jack Strathmore, the attractive spirit who haunts her house. Charlene and Avery are attending the grand reopening of the Spellbound Movie Theatre to see a double bill of classic Wolf Man films. Darren Shultz has poured plenty of the fortune he’s made in the seasoned salt business into the historic building in his wife Elise’s hometown, where her sister Patty’s bakery will supply soft pretzels for the enterprise. It’s bad enough when Elise apparently chokes to death on specialty salted popcorn during the screening; it’s even worse when it turns out that she was poisoned, marking Darren as the natural suspect. Despite their recent disagreements over having children and Elise’s suspicion that Darren had been cheating with his creative muse, Klara Maxwell, Charlene doesn’t believe that Darren killed his wife. Despite Sam’s reluctance to see Charlene involved in yet another murder case, he realizes that she can extract much more information from suspects than he can. With help from Jack, Avery, and Avery's boyfriend, Seth, who runs the popcorn booth, Charlene begins to turn up other possible candidates and a lot of dangerous secrets from the past.

A tasty tale for those who like their mysteries with a dash of paranormal fantasy.