A Ghost Hunter's Guide to Solving a Murder
cozy crimes meets historical fiction in this brand-new quirky and gripping paranormal murder mystery
$26.40
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
26 January 2026
Summary
The Ghostly Inn: A Spiritualist Hotel Mystery
Meet Alma Timperley. She can:
- Run a hotel
- Solve a mystery
- Talk to ghosts…?
December, 1914: After the death of her aunt, Alma Timperley is surprised when she suddenly finds herself the heiress to the Timperley Spiritualist Hotel in a pretty coastal town in Cornwall.
But not everything is as it seems… the hotel offers guests a very special service: the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399749831 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399749838 |
| Series: | The Alma Timperley Mystery Series |
| Author: | F.H. Petford |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 26 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 196mm |
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Cleverly entertaining * Greg Mosse *A well-plotted murder mystery * Fiona Leitch *
About The Author
F.H. Petford
F. H. Petford ran his own creative agency and was involved in writing projects for corporate clients and the London theatre world.
A Ghost Hunter’s Guide to solving a Murder, the first of the Alma Timperley mysteries, was written following the success of three crime novels set in the Oxfordshire village of Great Tew at the end of the Great War. The supernatural elements in his work are inspired by his own experiences of the paranormal.
He was signed to Hodder and Stoughton in 2025 and lives a quietly pagan life in Somerset.
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