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A Spirited Tail (Mystic Notch Cozy Mystery Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Leighann Dobbs (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 8,412 ratings
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Middle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is looking forward to the opportunity of appraising a valuable private library that hasn't seen the light of day for fifty years ... until she finds a dead body in the backyard and the ghost of the home's previous owner anxiously waiting for her inside.

Hampered by the persistent ghost who insists on keeping secrets from her, Willa navigates a sea of confusing clues as she struggles to uncover the connection between the recent murder and two murders fifty years ago.

Is the answer contained in the secret she found in the library? Or the unusual bequest left by the long-dead owner of the house? Or maybe it has something to do with the mysterious journal that everyone seems to be after.

Once again, Willa's cat Pandora has to help her figure out the clues, while she and the other cats of Mystic Notch try to keep vital mystical knowledge from getting into the wrong hands.

Can Willa discover the identity of the killer in time or will she end up being the fourth victim?
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Leighann Dobbs discovered her passion for writing after a twenty year career as a software engineer. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband Bruce, their trusty Chihuahua mix Mojo and beautiful rescue cat, Kitty. When she's not reading, gardening, making jewelry or selling antiques, she likes to write cozy mystery and historical romance novels and novellas.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 31, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 31, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2424 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
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USA Today bestselling author, Leighann Dobbs, discovered her passion for writing after a twenty year career as a software engineer. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband Bruce, their trusty Chihuahua mix Mojo and beautiful rescue cat, Kitty. When she's not reading, gardening, making jewelry or selling antiques, she likes to write cozy mystery and historical romance books.

Her book "Dead Wrong" won the "Best Mystery Romance" award at the 2014 Indie Romance Convention.

Her book "Ghostly Paws" was the 2015 Chanticleer Mystery & Mayhem First Place category winner in the Animal Mystery category.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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A clean cozy mystery that needs cats and a dog to solve the murders!
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A clean cozy mystery that needs cats and a dog to solve the murders!
Willa Chance loves books-she even owns a bookstore! When she was asked to inventory and appraise a collection in an old abandoned house--she jumped at the chance. What she did not expect was a dead body and a ghost who insisted that she figure out who murdered him and a lady he knew over 50 years before. The dead man's dog was sitting forlorn next to the body and Willa took him home with her so he would not have to go to the pound. Of course she had a cat, Pandora, who was not too thrilled with this interloper into her domain.Between the dog and Pandora and a bunch of feral cats they found the evidence--but how were they ever going to let Willa know. Then there was the journal that everyone seemed to want--the cats had to find a new hiding spot for it so humans would never find out the secrets within. And who did Willa find to take the dog in and give him a loving home! Read this clean cozy to find out.
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C. White
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down.
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024
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The author writes an interesting story that you want to keep on reading. I enjoyed Book 2 as much as Book 1. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
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RaksGato
4.0 out of 5 stars Mysterious goings on
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014
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From my Goodreads review:
A Spirited Tale, a Mystic Notch mystery
By Leighann Dobbs

This is the second book (and, at the time of this writing, last) in this series. I loved the first book, and this one was a great read too. But I wasn’t as enchanted with it as I had hoped to be (anticipation and all that, I guess!).

In this book, Willa is once again seeing ghosts. Of course, her two permanent bookshop ghosts, Robert Frost and Franklin Pierce (yes, THAT Robert Frost and THAT Franklin Pierce) are still around. This time out they are joined by the ghost of Charles Van Dorn, a Mystic Notch resident who was a celebrated medium before his death forty years ago. It has long been believed that Charles murdered his recurring houseguest, a young starlet named Lily Johanson, and put an incriminating mark on her forehead. A few days later, Charles is found dead in his office, an apparent suicide. The house has stood empty ever since and a legend of a Van Dorn curse has grown up around those events. Now, his house, which he left to his brother, is being sold, along with the contents, by his brother’s son, after the brother’s death. Willa is hired to appraise the extensive library collection. But, when she goes to the house for the first time, she discovers the body of Bruce Norton, Charles’ best friend, lying in the yard, with his faithful Golden Retriever, Ranger, standing guard.

Once Willa actually gets to go into the house to begin assessing the books, she meets Charles – or his ghost -- who wants Willa to clear his name and solve those two 40 year old murders, as well as Bruce’s murder. Along the way we see all the old familiars from the first book – both human and feline – as well as adding Ranger to the group, as Lily takes him home with her until she can find him a new home, to avoid his being sent to the local pound.

As with the first novel, there is a dandy mystery surrounding these three murders. Dobbs’ writing is well paced and thought out, with plenty of clues and red herrings to keep the reader guessing happily right up to the end. Nice amounts of danger and action and intrigue. No glaring grammar, editing or proofing errors and wonderful characterizations make the book a joy to read.

So, why didn’t I like it as much a the first in the series? I think I wanted to see more development of human relationships. Dobbs does a good job of increasing the reader’s insight into the feral clowder of communicating, reasoning cats, and of their ability to communicate with other species, such as dogs. That pleased me very much. However, I didn’t see any real relationship development between Willa and Pepper (they lived apart for several years, remember, so would have expected this childhood friendship to involve more than Pepper’s tea and cookies), nor between Willa and her sister, Augusta, or between Willa and her love interest, Striker. Yes, all three of those people, plus the newbie deputy, Jimmy, were in there, but Pepper, Gus and Striker seemed almost like afterthoughts, rather than main story players. Really the only deep character development was of the young deputy, Jimmy, who undergoes radical change in the book, thanks to either Pepper’s tea or Willa’s tutelage, or maybe a combination of the two.

Still, I’m anxious for the third book in the series. Write fast, please.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2022
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Paranormal women's fiction seems to be this author's genre! Willa is strong, smart, and confident and makes an excellent lead; her past as a crime reporter makes her well-suited in the role of amateur sleuth even as it leads her into peril. Maybe that same past accounts for the touch of distance (maybe even coldness) she exhibits. The supporting characters are perfect foils and are given dimension, too. The murder mystery is much more compelling and convoluted than first appearance suggests, and the magical felines are an imaginative and helpful addition. This series is proving to be a fine reading experience and encouraging me to also check out Noquitt.
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Ruth McDaniel
5.0 out of 5 stars Always good reading
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2022
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I really have found a new favorite author in Leighann Dobbs. I've been keeping up with one of her other series (Moorecliff Manor) and decided to give this series a try. I zipped right thru "Ghostly Paws", and I zipped right thru this one too.
Each chapter keeps up my interest so much that I feel like I have to read the next...and the next. Haha you get the idea.
Once again, the cats and their caring humans take center stage and caring for feral and homeless cats is also highlighted. I like that Ms Dobbs puts this message out in her stories.
I *kind of* had an idea of whom the killer in this story was, but I wasn't certain until the end. This mystery story was very well done and as before, I give this story a solid 5 STARS.
Can't wait to read the next one!
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LeeBee
3.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2020
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This book is the second in the Mystic notch cozy mystery series by Leighann Dobbs. The premise for the series is very interesting : intellectual cats trying to protect the balance of good and evil and keep their. Owner's safe. The extra paranormal aspect of the ghost added to the story as well. .I like paranormal series and I like cozy mysteries the reason I like cozy mysteries is they're more light hearted and less like a thriller I don't wanna be scared when I'm reading a book I want to be entertained This book is definitely cozy however there were some issues with This book. Willa Chance the female lead began to understand some of what her cat was saying when it was meowing in book 1 of the series. Yet this is never mentioned in the second book as far as I can remember and you would think that ability would increase over time But to this ability was not really mentioned Much in this book. The other issue I had Was That Willa is supposed to be an experienced investigative reporter. And should be familiar with investigating crimes. Despite this experience Willa jumps to conclusions and assumptions . I don't think a true investigative reporter would have jumped to those conclusions and made those assumptions without more facts I also knew well before the end who the killers were And was disappointed that I figured out and the main character couldn't . I also found it extremely annoying how often the main character put yourself in dangerous situations without telling anyone where she's going Or anything and Willa had to be rescued at the end of both books. She is supposed to be intelligent . Her actions make me think she's impulsive reckless and Foolish
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mrs heidi moran
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 2, 2023
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Good book for cat lovers and people who love a who done it.
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Juran Liu
5.0 out of 5 stars A unique mystery book with amateur detective who can talk to ghosts and humanized cats
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2017
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This is way more than a cozy mystery. Besides an amateur detective who can see and talk to ghosts, there are ghosts (of course) and feline characters, which make this book interesting and unique. There are plot lines from both human and cat perspectives, and they cover each other really well. The plot is very complicated and there are many suspects in the story. And the author played fair and had the most important clue buried in the book; though hard to find, it did give readers a chance to solve the case. Highly recommend this book.
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Hoener, Birgit
5.0 out of 5 stars Willa and her cat are at it again!
Reviewed in Germany on March 2, 2018
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I fell in love with Willa and her cat Pandora in the first book, and I was not disappointed with this second in the series.
When one of her neighbours is found murdered at a house where Willa is to catalogue the library, she cannot keep her nose out of the case, much to the annoyance of her sister, the town's Police Force.
Willa's cat Pandora, the dead man's dog Ranger, and Pandora's gang of cats see to it that Willa is neck deep in anything going on, even if they have to nudge her in the right direction from time to time.
Narrated with a lot of humour, it was great to follow Willa trying to untangle the numerous clues while trying at the same time to "stay out of it" as per her sister Gus' requests. Great characters, great narration style (nothing "sensational" but a nice quiet and calm flow), lots of humour - a great entertainment for any reader.
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Linda
5.0 out of 5 stars a spirited tail
Reviewed in France on February 15, 2018
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Excellent read, couldn't put it down. Will certainly read more by Leighann Dobbs. Shall be back on kindle store soon.
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Leanne Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars I just love these books
Reviewed in Australia on May 3, 2016
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I just love these books. I have only read the 2 but will definitely read the rest of them. The way the author knows exactly what to write in regards to what the cats are thinking is great. Once again they are great if you just want to have a nice relaxing read & laugh out loud.
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