Ghostly Southern Mysteries Books in Order

Undertaker Emma Lee Raines starts seeing ghosts after a blow to the head. An innkeeper's spirit insists she was murdered, drawing Emma Lee into an investigation that threatens her grandmother and brings Sheriff Jack Henry Ross closer.

Emma Lee Raines encounters the ghost of Cephus Hardy, a man missing for five years and the father of her friend. His demand for justice draws her into a mystery amid carnival preparations and her grandmother's mayoral campaign.

Undertaker Emma Lee Raines arranges to exhume Chicken Teater after his ghost insists he was murdered. With Sheriff Jack Henry Ross seeking forensic evidence, Emma Lee investigates a widow whose husband's greatest affection belonged to a prize hen.

Wealthy hypochondriac Mamie Sue Preston's ghost tells undertaker Emma Lee Raines that her death was murder. Rival funeral directors, threats to Emma Lee's grandmother and competing interests in Mamie Sue's estate make the investigation dangerously complicated.

Emma Lee Raines's murdered high school rival returns as a ghost determined to interfere with her romance. Solving Jade Lee Peel's death may be Emma Lee's only escape, but the former prom queen proves an uncooperative client.

Funeral-home owner Emma Lee Raines helps murdered ghosts cross over, but her skeptical sister Charlotte Rae never believed in her gift. When Charlotte appears as a ghost herself, Emma must solve her murder while confronting their unresolved family conflict.

Emma Lee Raines encounters the ghost of eight-year-old Betsy Lynn Brady, whose murder predates Emma's supernatural gift. With Betsy unable to remember what happened, Emma urges Jack Henry to reopen the cold case despite someone determined to stop her investigation.

Psychic Debbie Dually, who helped Emma Lee understand her ghost-seeing gift, returns as a murder victim needing justice. Emma goes undercover as a psychic to investigate, attracting more demanding spirits and becoming a suspect in Debbie's death herself.