Margaret and Mona Ghostly Cozy Books in Order

Margaret Woods settles into an Isle of Man apartment shared with the ghost Mona. A skeleton buried for twenty years and a neighbor’s missing friend disrupt her new life, while Mona eagerly draws her toward both investigations.

A stolen car draws Margaret’s friends into speculation while her boyfriend Ted examines an American cold case. Newspaper interviews provide clues to the ten-year-old murder, and Margaret’s colleagues and the ghost Mona soon contribute opinions of their own.

An arson attack on Margaret’s apartment building coincides with Ted’s investigation of a decades-old Canadian murder linked to the Isle of Man. The ghost Mona pushes Margaret toward suspects in both cases while family worries complicate her work.

A beach outing ends when Margaret and Ted discover a murdered man connected to their companion’s girlfriend. Eager to help with a case close to their friends, Margaret relies on the ghost Mona to steer her toward possible suspects.

Margaret and Ted begin their holiday in York, where a police friend asks for help with a cold case. Sightseeing leads them toward old crime locations and suspects, while the ghost Mona encourages Margaret to investigate before they leave.

Margaret and Ted’s tour of Hadrian’s Wall stops at a small fort where an aggressive motorist is found dead. Asked to assist the local inspector, Ted delays their holiday while Margaret works to identify the killer and resume their travels.

Margaret’s sister visits the Isle of Man with her boyfriend and his friends, but old relationships quickly create tension. When the boyfriend is murdered, his concealed history supplies numerous motives, leaving Margaret and Mona racing to investigate before the visitors leave.

Margaret and Ted visit Ohio for Thanksgiving and agree to help clean an inherited Lake Erie cottage. A skeleton in a bedroom interrupts the holiday, drawing them and an unusually weakened Mona into questions about the abandoned house’s past.

Christmas brings Margaret and Ted’s relatives to the Isle of Man, along with an unpleasant traveler staying at their hotel. When Margaret and her sister find him dead, she and Mona pursue suspects so their holiday gathering can continue.