Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
Series: Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #5
Published by Audible Studios on May 22, 2018
Genres: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased
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Southern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she's surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call. Verity's new client needs her to go in undercover and investigate strange happenings at the group's historic headquarters.
But while spirits are whispering hints of murder, the socialites are more focused on Verity's 1978, avocado-green Cadillac. And when Verity stumbles upon a fresh body, she's going to need the long-dead citizens of Sugarland to help her solve the crime. Good thing she has the handsome deputy sheriff Ellis Wydell on hand, as well as her ghostly sidekick Frankie. The bad thing is, the ghosts are now whispering about the end of a certain ghost hunter.
I thought that this was a fun story! It has been a little more than a year since I listened to the previous book in this series and I really enjoyed getting back to it. Verity has her work cut out for her once again with a new mystery and a frustrating ghostly sidekick. I had such a good time with this one that I was able to listen to the entire book in less than a day.
Verity receives a call for help from a historic home, now a museum, but when the police arrive there is nobody there. Her ghostly sidekick, Frankie, is busy turning her home into a gambling paradise for all the neighborhood ghosts. To top it off, a society group wants her to join their ranks and her boyfriend’s mother is out to cause trouble. When a dead body shows up, Verity thinks it is more than just an accident and wants to get to the bottom of things but she may find out the answers to a few other mysteries before she is done. I really liked all of the characters in this book and especially enjoyed what we learned and some of the developments involving some of the ghosts.
Tavia Gilbert does a fantastic job with the narration of this series. The voices that she uses for the various characters are all very distinctive and help to bring the characters to life. I thought that she added a lot of excitement and some humor to her reading which helped to make this a very pleasant listening experience.
I would definitely recommend this series to others. This is the fifth book in the series which could work as a stand-alone if necessary but the series is best when read in order if at all possible. I really enjoyed trying to figure out this mystery with Verity and was pleased to find a few surprises along the way. I look forward to reading more of this series very soon.
thank you for the heads up that this could be a standalone — sometimes, the last thing I want to do is go back to the beginning of a series, especially when it’s a long series (not that this one is!) , or when I am reading a review of a book that is a later book in a series — and this sounds so fun!
That really sounds good.
I’ve only read the first 1-2 in this series but I thought they were pretty good.
Sounds like a fun, cozy-type mystery! Good to know that in a pinch you could read/listen to it as a stand-alone. I enjoy books that you can breeze through in one day.
Great review of this one you have here. I have seen lots of good things about Angie Fox and I do want to try her sometime. I adore Tavia Gilbert, so I might grab this one in audio.
This series is on my TBR. It looks so fun and I love Tavia Gilbert’s narrations.
It has been some time since I read something by her 🙂
Yep, I love this series.