The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox- 4 1/2 *

Title: The Skeleton in the Closet
Series: Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #2
Author: Angie Fox
Genre: Cozy Paranormal

Rating: * * * * 1/2

Publishers: Angie Fox

( Aug 26, 2016)

Paperback: 250 pages

ISBN: 978-1939661296

FTC Disclosure: ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley

A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone even a dead someone must have witnessed the crime. Her ghostly sidekick Frankie warns her to stay out of it. The very alive, very handsome deputy sheriff, Ellis Wydell, inadvertently places her directly in the middle of it. And her ex-fiancé, Ellis's brother, is back with an agenda of his own. Undaunted, Verity presses forward, uncovering scandalous secrets, long-forgotten ghosts, and a shocking trail of clues that places her directly in the path of a killer. 

I haven't read the first book in the series 

but having read Fox's Biker Witches Mystery 

series, I knew I'd enjoy this one too. As always 

her characters have you laughing out loud. Verity's 

pet skunk is adorable and side-kick ghost, Frankie is

 a force to be reckoned with. Having grown up with 

Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys mysteries, getting a chance 

to help Verity look for clues and find out why and who 

killed Darla Grace was pretty awesome. There's just 

enough romance to keep it interesting and  gotta love

 the ghosts at the library even though they seem 

destined to relive the last moments of their life. 

Though there is a previous book in the series, there

 is enough back story to still make reading 

this one an enjoyable and fun read. I will 

go back and read book one though just 

because it was so fun. 

Southern Ghost Hunter Mystery

1. Southern Spirits (2015)

1.5. A Ghostly Gift (2015)

2. The Skeleton in the Closet (2015)

3. The Haunted Heist (2016)

Ghost of a Chance (2016)