Grateful Ghost
(2026)(The eighth book in the Salem Spirits Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Dina Marie
A food drive in full swing. A ghost with a bone to pick. Stirred into a simmering homicide, can a turkey-tied sleuth serve up justice before the truth gets cold?
Clara Kelly is ready to give thanks—not chase killers. Volunteering at Salem’s annual Feeding Salem food drive and community Thanksgiving dinner, she’s busy serving up food, spreading gratitude, and trying to keep her holiday spirits high. But when a delivery driver is discovered dead beside an open safe—with cash still in his pockets—the festive mood curdles fast. And when the victim’s ghost appears, insisting he was murdered, Clara finds her plate suddenly overflowing with yet another mystery.
With her loyal spectral sidekick, Civil War soldier William Kensington, carving through clues at her side, Clara follows a trail of half-baked alibis, hidden motives, and suspects who aren’t nearly as sweet as pumpkin pie. Yet even as she hunts a killer, she’s roasting with worry about her own big reveal: inviting her boyfriend, Sebastian, for Thanksgiving dinner… and finally telling him about William. Will he believe her? Think she’s lost her marbles? Or will this confession be the missing ingredient their relationship needs?
Can Clara dish out justice and keep her holiday from falling apart?
Grateful Ghost is the light-hearted eighth book in the Salem Spirits Cozy Mysteries series. If you like endearing characters, unexpected journeys, and stories with a lot of heart, then you’ll love Dina Marie’s twist of fate.
Buy Grateful Ghost and gobble up this whimsical Thanksgiving mystery stuffed with charm, ghosts, and gravy-thick suspense today!
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Clara Kelly is ready to give thanks—not chase killers. Volunteering at Salem’s annual Feeding Salem food drive and community Thanksgiving dinner, she’s busy serving up food, spreading gratitude, and trying to keep her holiday spirits high. But when a delivery driver is discovered dead beside an open safe—with cash still in his pockets—the festive mood curdles fast. And when the victim’s ghost appears, insisting he was murdered, Clara finds her plate suddenly overflowing with yet another mystery.
With her loyal spectral sidekick, Civil War soldier William Kensington, carving through clues at her side, Clara follows a trail of half-baked alibis, hidden motives, and suspects who aren’t nearly as sweet as pumpkin pie. Yet even as she hunts a killer, she’s roasting with worry about her own big reveal: inviting her boyfriend, Sebastian, for Thanksgiving dinner… and finally telling him about William. Will he believe her? Think she’s lost her marbles? Or will this confession be the missing ingredient their relationship needs?
Can Clara dish out justice and keep her holiday from falling apart?
Grateful Ghost is the light-hearted eighth book in the Salem Spirits Cozy Mysteries series. If you like endearing characters, unexpected journeys, and stories with a lot of heart, then you’ll love Dina Marie’s twist of fate.
Buy Grateful Ghost and gobble up this whimsical Thanksgiving mystery stuffed with charm, ghosts, and gravy-thick suspense today!
Genre: Cozy Mystery