Pushing Up Daisies

Overview

Daisy Forest knows a ghost when she sees one. True, she has never actually seen a ghost before, but she swears their transparency is a dead giveaway. Daisy, a volunteer tour guide at the historic Holly Hill Mansion, knows that Sophia Meade Long, the woman who once owned the mansion, has been dead since 1814. So, when a very transparent Sophia steps in front of Daisy's little Prius one night and asks for her help, how could she refuse? Once again Daisy and her sister, Rose, find themselves up to their eyeballs in all sorts of shenanigans — chasing ghosts, holding séances, and searching for priceless Revere silver. The sudden reappearance of their reprobate father, Dickie Forest, with a new and unlikely interest in the occult has them puzzled to say the least, and their mother, Angela, behaving at her eccentric best. What seems to be harmless fun takes a deadly turn when Daisy stumbles on the body of the mansion's curator in the wine cellar and Daisy is later attacked after a Gothic evening in the mansion. When the police seemed to be stumped, it's up to Daisy and Rose, with the invaluable help of Angela, to calm the ghost and catch a killer.

Reviews

"A delightful mystery surrounding an intriguing and spooky setting." —Eileen Haavik McIntire, secretpanels.net

"Pushing Up Daisies is a deliciously sassy mystery brew. Filled with colorful characters, family secrets, and the supernatural, Pushing Up Daises is a must read cozy on a chilly fall or winter night." —Kathryn O'Sullivan, author, the Colleen McCabe Mysteries

Author Biography

Penny Clover Petersen is a docent at Riversdale Mansion in Maryland where she can express her love for old homes. She is the author of Roses and Daisies and Death, Oh My! and Roses Are Dead My Love. She lives in Bowie, Maryland.