Demons are a Ghoul’s Best Friend

by: Victoria Laurie

Published by: Obsidian Mystery

Reviewed by Megan Politte

M.J. Holliday has the gift of communicating with the dead, even though sometimes it doesn’t feel like such a great gift….

Every school has its bullies, but Northelm Boarding School located near Lake Placid, New York, houses a real whopper: a deadly demonic poltergeist named Hatchet Jack. M.J.’s good friend Karen has asked her—along with her partners Gilley and Dr. Steven Sable (a.k.a. Dr. Delicious)—to send Hatchet Jack back through the portal he came from.

With renovations at the school starting in a week, there isn’t much time for ghost hunting. With summer upon the town, it’s just making Hatchet Jack more restless. He is not only attacking students, but now that M.J. and her crew have shown up, he’s turned his attention to them. Poor Gilley is continually harassed by Jack, and M.J. has a few encounters herself. Throw in three ghosts of little boys who were apparently Jack’s victims–and M.J.’s got her work cut out for herself!

Dr. Delicious is also chasing her around, for other reasons than Hatchet Jack has, that is, if he can avoid M.J.’s attack parrot! With all this going on, you’d think that would be all of her troubles–but no, she also gets to deal with a very uncooperative dean who is persistent in them not having access to the school. With a demonic disturbance of this magnitude she must show no mercy and see to it that Hatchet Jack gets sent back through his portal for eternity.

This is the follow-up to Laurie’s first _Ghost Hunter Mystery, What’s a Ghoul to Do–and it had a lot to live up to for me! And boy did it ever! Victoria Laurie just gets better and better with every book. I was laughing at Gilley, confused and upset along with M.J., and frustrated right along with Dr. Delicious.

Armchair Interviews says: If you’re looking for a really good paranormal mystery, this is one definitely not to pass up!

Author’s Web site: http://www.VictoriaLaurie.com