Death Rides the Desert (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries Book 1)

Name: Death Rides the Desert (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries Book 1)
Price: 2.99 USD
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Rating: 4.59 (452 reviews)
Author: Sara Bourgeois

by Sara Bourgeois

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Amazon:★★★★★4.7(630)

Goodreads:★★★★★4.59(452)

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A haunted ranch. A clever fox. Ghosts with opinions.Claire Caldwell came to Arizona to sell her great aunt’s ranch, lick her wounds, and escape back to Chicago.Then the ranch decided it wanted a new owner.A copper furred fox starts leaving gifts on her doorstep. Translucent cowboys appear in the barn. A woman who died in 1985 cooks tamales in Claire’s kitchen like she never left. And somehow, the dead all seem to know one thing Claire does not.She can see them.When the most hated man in Perdido Springs turns up dead on Claire’s property and the sheriff waves it off as an accident, the ghosts make it clear. Someone in town is lying. Someone is dangerous. And everyone had a reason to want the victim gone.With a mystical fox at her side, a house full of chatty spirits, and a too handsome veterinarian who keeps showing up just when she needs him, Claire has to solve a murder nobody wants solved.Before she becomes the next ghost haunting Whispering Saguaro Ranch.Welcome to the desert, where the dead do not rest and the living keep secrets.

Reader Reviews

★Kirsten

DNF 64%At first I didn’t know how to feel about this book. The FMC is very much TSTL and all the “baddies” are comically villainous. This book has way too many 4 and 5 star reviews for its quality. No way did that many people read this and come out thinking it was a masterpiece. This genre isn’t unique, the characters aren’t unique, the mystery wasn’t unique, and it wasn’t particularly well written, so how does it warrant such praise from “readers”? There’s so many inconsistencies. When our FMC

★★★Karyn

3.5 stars, maybe? I enjoyed it, but it could have been better. There were a few plot issues, like a character who was in a scene, and then in the next says they weren't there. Then there's the ghost who makes her food, but other ghosts can't touch anything? The villain was fairly obvious, so no real surprise. The writing style was fun. The end and SM was hilarious. I would read more from this author.

★★★★★Clarissa

Kept me hooked!Fascinating mystery that kept me hooked and a beautiful heart-warming story. I will definitely be reading more! I can’t wait to see what happens next with Claire, Sam, Luis, and all the animals!