Dread and Buried

I have enjoyed every book in the Southern Ghost Hunters series. This was no exception. In fact I found it difficult to put it down. The mystery kept me guessing until the end. There is so much going on. There’s mystery, suspense, paranormal aspects, and romance mixed very well together. I’m looking forward to the next book.

Fun, adventure & love all rolled into a fantastic adventure!

Though Verity’s and Duranja’s dislike for each other was overplayed at times, the book had plenty of ghostly and human interaction that led to addictive reading. A Pirate and human love story woven around buried treasure, human failings, with two centuries of pirate civil war made for compulsive reading. Can’t believe I have to wait another year for the next offering from Angie Fox. Maybe a future book could be set among the rednecks of rural Kentucky or Verity journeys to the interior of Africa? She and Frankie interacting with ghosts from an extremely different culture of people could be filled with tension and laughs amidst newly gained cultural understanding? Sound autobiographical? Could be!

I LOVED this book! The back and forth with Duranjo and Verity was great! Melody picked the most AWESOME birthday present EVER! And Frankie and Ellis were at their best! A great and exciting read!

Treasure! Intrigue! Pirates! And Romance!! Honestly, I could hardly put this book down. I have enjoyed this series but this book took my interest to an entirely new level. I have several cozy mystery authors that I eagerly anticipate new books from... now I have another... Well done Ms. Fox!

I really enjoy this lighthearted mystery from Angie Fox. In this latest book, Verity and friends are on a treasure hunt and of course Frank, the ghost, is with them. This book contains tension between characters, adventure, peril and as always, fun. Angie Fox likes to leave the reader hanging at the end of almost every chapter so the book was hard to put down. Entertaining read!

This book starts with the excitement of Verity and Ellis joining her sister, Melody and Alec Duranja in a weekend getaway to celebrate Melody’s birthday. It turns out that Melody has numerous surprises for Verity starting with the theme of the weekend getaway which is a Team Adventure Challenge. The Team Adventure Challenge revolves around a lost private treasure where teams solve clues to get a prize which gives them the next clue. Of course, there are ghosts involved and Frankie who has come along to have his own vacation gets tangled up with the pirate ghost crew. The numerous plot twists and turns involving Verity and interpersonal relationships, ghostly encounters, sabotage and intriguing storyline make for a fun, fascinating, page turner of a book. I received an ARC. I would highly recommend this book. I really enjoyed reading it.

Dread And Buried, book 12 of the Southern Ghost Hunters Mysteries written by Angie Fox. Verity and Frankie are always fun to hang out with! This time we are going on a trip along with Ellis, Melody and Alec, Melody’s boyfriend who dislikes Verity and anything ghost related. This is a trip for Melody’s birthday to a pirate themed island to search for treasure. Frankie is up to his old tricks and the others are just trying to get along and spend some alone time. We always have a good time with Verity and her crew! Let’s go hunt some treasure!!

I was excited to dive into Angie Fox’s 12th and latest installment in her Southern Ghost Hunter Series. Dread and Buried takes Verity Long, her boyfriend, Ellis, sister, Melody, and Melody’s significant other to an island for a birthday celebration with an eccentric host and quirky contestants. I’ve enjoyed the periodic settings outside of the series’ usual Sugarland, Tennessee, and this story is no different. Fox created the perfect backdrop to a dangerous hunt for rumored pirate treasure long buried on the island. Between the sprawling home of host “Pirate” Bill, to the cliffs, overhangs, and caves, that hold secrets of the contest becomes more about staying alive than finding riches. Character development has consistently been one of Fox’s many strengths. Underlying the main storyline is the struggle between protagonist, Verity, and her sister’s new love, Alec Duranja. Duranja has been somewhat of a nemesis to her, but Verity reluctantly searches for some common ground with him for Melody’s sake. It adds an element to the story that’s very relatable. I was invested in how that would play out, and I wasn’t disappointed. Verity’s pet skunk, Lucy, didn’t make this trip, but Frankie is along for the ride and getting into all kinds of trouble, as usual. The overall story is well-crafted. This particular book has a mystery within a mystery and keeps you on your toes until the final page. Even though there is a lot going on and almost every character has an underlying motive, it’s a quick read with an easy, flowing style. I also want to mention, within many of the books in this series is an additional storyline about long-lost love and relationships left unexplored. This is one of my favorite parts and the resolution in this installment was one of best. The genre of this series is hard to pin down. There’s an obvious mystery at the heart, but there’s also a splash of paranormal, a sprinkle of suspense, and the perfect dash of romance. The books are interesting, exciting, funny, and a bit suspenseful. I highly recommend this installment, as well as the series, to any reader, particularly those who love cozy mysteries with attention grabbing storylines and memorable characters.

Dread and Buried by Angie Fox Southern Ghost Hunter mystery series #12. Paranormal. Can be read as a stand-alone but better if at least the first few in the series are read for character background. Verity and Ellis agree to a treasure hunt weekend adventure for Melody’s birthday. Melody’s boyfriend, Alec Duranja, will team up with Melody, which makes it a bit like a couples weekend. Verity has promised herself and Melody that she will be nice and respect his position as a team member, though it goes against everything she feels about the man. But for Melody, Verity will learn to hold her tongue. Verity has also brought along her resident ghost, Frank. He may bring an advantage to the treasure hunting on the little island that’s said to be haunted by pirates. What do you get when you mix a ghost from the gangster era with pirates? A taxidermy parrot that clips to the shoulder, swashbuckling chatter, drinking and probably a duel or two. And a mystery killer that doesn’t want someone else to find the treasure. While this specific book doesn’t take place in Sugarland, Verity takes her charm and southern wit along for the ride and she will need all the patience she can manage trying to get along with Duranja. Another fun ghost adventure. It’s amusing, and a bit scary, when the ghosts acknowledge the living.