Mystery books come in all different types of categories. Among these mystery book subgenres are: police procedurals, hard boiled, humorous, "cozies" (à la Agatha Christie), and graphic.
Many established authors are adding paranormal cozy mystery books to their repertoires. The last few years has had a rather large increase of paranormal happenings in the Cozy Mystery book world.
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Some of the Cozy mystery book paranormal categories are: ghosts, psychics, vampires, witches, and even werewolves! This paper will list several authors who write cozy mysteries with the paranormal vein, with the focus on the ghost sub-category. The paper will also name the cozy mystery book series which the author writes, and give a very brief description of the series.
Authors Who Feature Ghosts in Their Cozy Mystery Books
Nancy Atherton
Nancy Atherton writes the Aunt Dimity Mystery Series. After a young woman inherits a Cotswold cottage, she finds that her deceased Aunt Dimity is intent on staying in the cottage.
Mignon F. Ballard
The Augusta Goodnight Series is written by Mignon F. Ballard. Augusta is no ordinary ghost. She is a guardian angel who helps her wards solve mysteries.
Annette Blair
Annette Blair writes the Vintage Magic Mystery Series which features a woman who returns to her hometown to open a vintage clothing shop and gets more company than she expects. She finds that there are ghosts who are intent on helping her in her sleuthing capacity.
Helen Chappell
Helen Chappell's Sam & Hollis Mystery Series involves a husband who helps his wife solve crimes. The husband, however, is deceased!
Casey Daniels
The Pepper Martin Mystery Series is written by Casey Daniels and involves a tour guide at cemeteries who also does a lot of sleuthing. Her partner in crime (solving) is a dead mob boss.
Elizabeth Eagen-Cox
Elizabeth Eagen-Cox writes the San Diego based Shannon Delaney Mystery Series. The sleuth in this series is an author who gets ghostly help to solve mysteries.
Carolyn Haines
The Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series revolves around a sleuth who gets help solving mysteries. Her help comes from one of the main character's deceased ancestors.
Carolyn Hart
Carolyn Hart writes the Bailey Ruth Mystery Series. This paranormal mystery series features a sleuthing ghost who has joined Heaven's Department of Good Intentions.
Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly)
Cleo Coyle writes the Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series which features the owner of a bookstore. This bookstore owner sleuths with the help of an inhabitant of her shop.
Victoria Laurie
Victoria Laurie pens the Ghost Hunter Series. This paranormal mystery series features a sleuth who hunts ghosts.
Mary Stanton (aka Claudia Bishop)
Mary Stanton writes the Beaufort & Company Series which features a niece who inherits a law firm from her uncle. The main sleuth encounters "previously living" clients.
There are other Cozy mystery authors who write mystery book series which feature paranormal themes, with the emphasis on ghosts. This paper should provide a good starting point for people who are interested in this particular theme.
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