Book 3 – The Ghost Who Wasn’t

Date: October 7, 2017

Author: Bobbi Holmes

While I consider the Haunting Danielle books a paranormal cozy mystery series—they are a bit different from a traditional cozy. And it’s not because of the ghosts.

In a traditional cozy mystery series, the reader typically expects a murder in each book. That’s not necessarily the case in Haunting Danielle. There was a hundred-year-old murder in the first book, and a murder in the second one—but the mystery in this third book takes the reader to another place.

In The Ghost Who Wasn’t I bring Lily back to Frederickport. I bet you didn’t even know she was gone.

I also introduce a new story line, one that weaves through the next four books in the series.

That relationship between Joe and Danielle—still not looking good. By the end of the book, Danielle and Joe’s relationship may be fractured, but she now has an ally in the local police department. It’s not Joe.

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What is your indulgence?

Date: October 6, 2017

Author: Bobbi Holmes

Categories: Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes

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What’s that one thing you don’t mind spending more on?

As those close to me know, I’m not much of a shopper. My friend, Carolyn, is always telling me I have to actually stay in a store and look around for more than a couple of minutes.

One benefit of being a non-shopper, it means I don’t spend a lot of money buying myself stuff. I’m not one of those people who needs an extra closet for shoes. I have the basics. I had my leather jacket for years, until my husband bought me a new one last Christmas.

Since I don’t spend a lot on myself, I can justify those few indulgences. One is homemade soap—Dragon’s Blood is my favorite. I don’t know why, but I always feel as if I’m pampering myself when I shower using handcrafted soap.

I have a new indulgence: nice ink pens. It’s an indulgence I share with many of my author friends. Some use them for book signings, others use them when writing their manuscripts. Nothing can get between a writer and his or her creativity like a rough or sporadic writing ink pen.

I recently purchased two Pilots, one a gel roller, and the other a fountain.

I want you to know, I didn’t go crazy. Did you know you can spend literally thousands on a single writing pen? Hey, I was shocked when I saw one for about $400.

My pens cost about twenty bucks each. I have conservative indulgences.

Book 2 – The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds

Date: October 5, 2017

Author: Bobbi Holmes

Categories: Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes

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The second book in the series, The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds, takes place about a month after Danielle and Lily have settled into Marlow House. We find them preparing for the grand opening of Danielle’s new bed and breakfast. In this book we meet Danielle’s remaining family member: her cousin Cheryl, who shows up uninvited to Marlow House’s grand opening.

Many readers are understandably not fond of Cheryl. But cut the girl some slack—she’s having a rough time, and it is about to get rougher.

One thing I found intriguing about the reaction to this book are the number of readers who felt Danielle was too nice to Cheryl—insisting they would have tossed Cheryl out the door minutes after her arrival.

Not only would that end the story prematurely, and totally mess up my story line—I think it would be highly unrealistic, especially considering Danielle’s personal history and character traits.

In spite of Cheryl’s annoying ways, she and Danielle were basically raised like sisters. And like sisters, they have their issues—but they are still family, and for Danielle, Cheryl is all the family she has left.

When writing a book, I try to imagine how each character would actually react in real life—not how we wish they would act.

Other notable points in this story—Danielle is no longer the only one who knows about Walt, and that budding romance with Joe—it is not looking promising for the couple.

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