Ghost Hunter Mysteries Books in Order

The Ghost Hunter Mysteries are built around M.J. Holliday, a medium who can talk to the dead but has very little interest in turning that gift into soft-focus inspiration. M.J. is much more likely to end up facing a demon, a malicious ghost, or a haunted building that wants everyone inside it gone. These books have humor, but they also have real bite.

M.J. is not chasing cute hauntings.

From the start, the series pairs her with two key people, her best friend Gilley Gillespie, who brings plenty of attitude and comic relief, and the men who become central to her life as the books progress, first Dr. Steven Sable and later Heath Whitefeather. Together they form the core team that fans often think of as the ghost-hunting crew. They travel from one dangerous location to another, trying to calm spirits, close portals, and survive whatever evil has taken root there.

A lot of the books have a travel-adventure feel. M.J. and company go from lodges and boarding schools to haunted hotels, Scottish caverns, Irish ruins, Welsh castles, Georgia mansions, and New Mexico landscapes charged with older spiritual danger. The setting always matters. Laurie uses each place not just as spooky wallpaper but as part of the threat, with local legends, old grudges, family history, and human violence mixing together.

That human piece is important. Even with demons and ghosts in play, these books usually come back to greed, revenge, secrecy, and the damage living people do to one another. M.J. may be fighting something supernatural, but there is almost always a human story underneath it. That keeps the series feeling like mystery rather than pure horror.

The tone lands somewhere between paranormal mystery and action-heavy supernatural adventure. There are jokes, flirtation, and friendship, but the danger is often more intense than it is in a standard cozy. M.J. takes hits, makes mistakes, and has to rely on courage as much as psychic talent. Her spirit guide Same Whitefeather also becomes a meaningful thread in the larger story, especially when the series digs into family, legacy, and spiritual responsibility.

The later books let the characters grow up without losing the original energy. Relationships deepen, old battles have consequences, and the team keeps changing shape as life moves on.

If the Abby Cooper books are Laurie at her most playful and investigative, the M.J. Holliday books show her leaning further into the paranormal. Start with What's a Ghoul to Do? if you want the full arc. The series is best when read in order, because the friendships, romances, and spiritual history build from book to book.