Tamara Berry Bücher

Eleanor Wilde has left her past as a sham medium behind for a quieter life in a small English town, where she offers herbal remedies. However, a trip to Brighton brings her past back to haunt her, along with a killer. While Eleanor is excited about her brother Liam's visit, she acknowledges their village lacks attractions. Although Castle Hartford, belonging to her boyfriend Nicholas's family, is nearby, even Nicholas's mother is eager to escape the heat for Brighton, taking Ellie and a relieved Liam along. Their seaside getaway, however, quickly turns ominous. The weather shifts as Eleanor's former accomplice, Armand Lamont, reappears. In their past, Armand's hypnosis helped them con many unsuspecting victims. Initially suspecting blackmail, Eleanor's concerns escalate when she and Liam witness a man being pushed from a boat by two shadowy figures who vanish. Though she doesn’t believe in ghosts or demons, the body they recover is all too real, as are the thefts plaguing their luxury hotel. Eleanor devises a plan that involves having Nicholas join them under a false identity. Their relationship grows more complex alongside the case, and Eleanor’s genuine supernatural abilities begin to manifest in unexpected ways. But whether the outcome will be favorable remains uncertain, even for someone with her talents.

As Sussex's resident witch and pseudo psychic, Eleanor is used to unusual requests for supernatural help. When Sid Stewart, a university friend, reaches out from his family's remote Scottish castle, Ellie is eager to assist. Sid's family is desperate to find a cache of heirlooms that his recently deceased patriarch, Glenn Stewart, failed to reveal before his death. Although Ellie can't genuinely commune with the dead, she excels at faking it. However, her confidence wavers when she learns that another medium, Birdie White, is also heading to the Outer Hebrides to aid the Stewarts. Birdie, a skilled spiritual consultant who has worked with royalty and Scotland Yard, raises Ellie's suspicions about her true intentions. While Birdie engages with the deceased, Ellie decides to investigate the living—namely, the other residents and staff at the eerie Stewart estate, who seem to be hiding secrets. With rumors of cursed treasure, ghostly pirates, and a series of supernatural murders swirling around, Ellie faces a chilling possibility: her psychic abilities might be real after all. To catch the killer, she must confront her fears and uncover the truth.

When something goes bump in the night . . . it’s most likely a plumbing problem. But fake medium Eleanor Wilde is happy to investigate and cleanse your home of spectral presences—for a fee. Hey, it’s a living . . . Ellie has an ailing sister to care for and working as a ghost hunter who doesn’t believe in ghosts helps cover the bills. When she’s lucky, it also pays for the occasional tropical vacation. On her latest job, though, she may be in for some genuine scares. The skeptical, reserved, and very rich Nicholas Hartford III has flown her all the way to his family’s ancestral estate in England—supposedly haunted by a phantom named Xavier. Nicholas thinks it’s all just as much a crock as Ellie’s business is, but his mother is sure that Xavier is real, and he’s willing to employ Ellie if she can put a stop to the nonsense. But when an actual dead body appears—and subsequently disappears—at Castle Hartford, she’ll have to apply her talent for trickery and psychological insight to solve a flesh-and-blood murder. “A winning blend of mystery and the paranormal, with a little humor and romance thrown in for good measure.” —Juliet Blackwell, New York Times bestselling author of the Witchcraft Mystery series “A fun story with likable characters and a plot that kept me guessing until the end.” —Rose Pressey, USA Today bestselling author of the Haunted Vintage Mystery series

Don't miss the first book in a brand-new gripping and hilarious bookish cozy mystery series by author Tamara Berry! Put your sleuthing hat on―Buried in a Good Book features: A thriller writer who knows way more than anyone should about death and dismemberment Her young daughter who's more intrigued by dead bodies than she probably should be An isolated cabin in the woods that's probably―definitely―hiding something The tiny mountain town that seems less than troubled by a sudden abundance of murdersBestselling thriller writer Tess Harrow is almost at the end of her rope when she arrives with her teenage daughter at her grandfather's rustic cabin in the woods. She hopes this will be a time for them to heal and bond after Tess's recent divorce, but they've barely made it through the door when an explosion shakes the cabin. Suddenly it's raining fish guts and...is that a human arm?Tess was hardly convincing Gertie that a summer without Wi-Fi and running water would be an adventure. Now she's thrust into a murder investigation, neighbors are saying they've spotted Bigfoot in the woods near her cabin, and the local sheriff is the spitting image of her character Detective Gabriel Gonzales―something he's less than thrilled about. With so much more than her daughter's summer plans at stake, it's up to Tess to solve this case before anyone else gets hurt.