Ghosts Don't RSVP (The Grumpy Ghost Book 5)
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Ghosts Don't RSVP (The Grumpy Ghost Book 5)

by Maggie March

About this book

Solving murders is tricky. Falling for the dead detective helping you? Even trickier.

Anna McGuffin should be focused on the blind date her friends insisted she needed. But it's hard to concentrate on someone new when she's still reeling from a certain Christmas kiss with Richard Lockwood—the impossibly handsome Victorian ghost she definitely shouldn't be falling for. Definitely. Probably. Almost certainly not.

Then her good friend Hank Miller's dream comes crashing down. The Campbell House B&B's grand opening was supposed to be Hank's big moment, until one of his guests takes a fatal tumble from the widow's walk. Now Hank's bed and breakfast is on the line, and Hank himself is suspect number one.

Anna isn't about to let Hank lose everything he's worked for. The trouble? The only witness to the murder is a petulant teenage ghost who crashed the party uninvited—and isn't breathing a word until Anna and Richard help her track down a set of lost letters she's suddenly determined to find.

But those letters don't only belong to her. They reach back into Richard's past, and into the long shadow of Alistair Hawthorne, the Victorian killer whose grudge against him refuses to stay buried.

To clear Hank's name, Anna will have to outwit a flesh-and-blood killer, bargain with a moody teenage ghost, and face the one truth she keeps trying to outrun—that her heart already belongs to a man who hasn't drawn breath in over a century.

For Fans of:

⭐ Grumpy/sunshine

⭐ Impossible romance

⭐ Small town cozy mystery

⭐ Reluctant blind date

⭐ Adorable ghost dog sidekick

Ghosts Don't RSVP is the fifth book in the Grumpy Ghost series—a paranormal cozy mystery where each book serves up a fresh mystery with a satisfying resolution, while Anna and Richard's impossible love story builds across the series toward its ultimate conclusion.

Publication Date
May 25, 2026
ASIN
B0FLVXF7M6

Reader Reviews

I’m Going To Be Sad When This Series Ends

May 24, 2026

I’m really enjoying binge reading this The Grumpy Ghost series. Anna McGuffin is confronted by the ghost of a young lady who Richard Lockwood had helped shortly before he died. The ghost wants Anna to find some letters. Of course there’s a dead body before too long and Anna must solve the murder and find the missing letters or there’ll be one unhappy and vengeful spirit to contend with. Along the way Anna reaches a faithful decision about her infatuation with a certain ghostly Victorian...

Love these characters

March 27, 2026

I love this series. It's warm and just flirty enough. Can't wait to see what happens in the future. Tough to love but it's have to say I liked this mystery best of the ones so far. The flow, the story line. I fell right in. On to the next ! )

cozy mystery series and whodunnit this time?

February 24, 2026

GHOSTS DON'T RSVP is the fifth book in The Grumpy Ghost series and I can't wait for more. Once again Anna, ghost Richard and ghost dog Daisy are at it again solving another murder to figure out whodunnit. This time there is a new ghost to contend with too! There are a lot of clues as well as some red herrings and we watch Anna and the others sift through them. The police are active on the case as well but once again Anna is piecing everything together more quickly. There are some ghostly...

Another Great Book in the Series

February 19, 2026

I didn't want this one to end! Luckily I see another one on the horizon and now I just have to be patient. As always the writing is light and absorbing. I love all the characters, especially the two main ones. I won't go into any of the details, but I had looked forward to this one and it did not disappoint. It is truly enjoyable. )

Ghosts Don't RSVP

March 3, 2026

As usual Maggie knocks it out of the park! Reading her books is always exciting. I can't wait to see what Anna, Richard and Daisy do next!!! )

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