As Halloween approaches, Ravensea Castle is bustling with excitement as Nora Asquith welcomes the fall season guests to her family's newly converted bed and breakfast. A historian studying the movements of the Vikings has traced their exploits to Ravensea. A certain Viking woman, known as the Red Maiden, landed here and the historian believes she buried a treasure hoard before the castle was built. He is hopeful he can find the hoard now. Nora can't help but wonder if the enigmatic castle ghost she's always referred to as the woman in red could be this very Viking?

Meanwhile, a team of four ghost hunters is coming to stay at Ravensea for the filming of Britain's Got Ghosts. Former students of the historian, the group arrives with their own rivalries and baggage. They try to see who can make the most paranormal contacts and end up getting more than they bargained for.

When the historian is murdered during a Viking festival on castle grounds and his notes go missing, Nora can't help but wonder if the treasure was why he was killed . . . and could it be connected to the visiting ghost hunters? Additional "accidents" befalling the hunters raise the stakes as Nora races to find the killer—and the treasure—before another death occurs.

Nora and her family run a bed and breakfast in the haunted castle that has been home to their family for 1,000 years. Trying to drum up more publicity they agree to host a ghost hunting show. Additionally a historian comes to them with evidence that a treasure is buried somewhere on the estate. As the historian, the family and the ghost hunters all look for the treasure there is a murder and now Nora has to find the murderer before they can strike again.

I really like the characters in this series other than Nora’s immediate paranoia that the police are going to charge her or one of her family members with murder the moment anything happens. While less of an intrusion in this outing than it was in the first book it is still a bit over the top. The murderer was not who I initially picked. The lead-up to the murder was well over half the book; meaning we got to see and learn a lot more about Ravensea’s ghosts and human inhabitants though a few lingering questions from the first book are not even mentioned.  The treasure was a good set-up to get all the suspects to the castle but as a motive for murder it was really rather thin, but like I said the fun here is the ghosts and the people. I look forward to the next adventure at Ravensea Castle. Recommended ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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