Service dog trainer Marcia Banks is about to pull her hair out. First, construction of the new Mayfair Riding Stable has taken forever, and no sooner has she moved her horse there than Edna Mayfair, the stable’s owner and town matriarch, decides to turn the barn into a haunted house for Halloween.

Meanwhile, an anonymous prankster is haunting Mayfair, disrupting its small-town tranquility. Add to that the local postmistress’s strange request to track down the parents of her visiting nephew, and Marcia is juggling way too many roles, including her newest one, godmother to adorable twins. But all that is nothing compared to what is coming. As Halloween approaches, the evil lurking in the shadows will threaten what is most precious in Marcia’s life and her beloved town.

If you like books by Annie Bassett, B.R. Snow, and Mary Hiker, you may also enjoy the Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery series!

The Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery Series:

To Kill a Labrador
Arsenic and Young Lacy
Call of the Woof
A Mayfair Christmas Carol
Patches in the Rye
The Legend of Sleepy Mayfair

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