Too Many Ghosts by Paul Gallico review

This was first published in the Saturday Evening Post as a serial in 1959, and then expanded into this book.  This is a light-hearted mystery.  Alexander Hero is the main character, and is a psychic researcher.

An old English country house, half of which has been turned into a Country Club with paying guests to pay for the upkeep, is being haunted.  There are several different manifestations,  which is the "too many ghosts" indicated in the title.  Hero is asked to investigate.

There are all of the expected characters in a vintage English country house mystery--the Lord and Lady and family, the distinguished neighbor, the middle class guest who is thrilled to be able to meet the Lord and Lady of the manor and have dinner with them, the American girl who is visiting the daughter of the family, and the annoying relative.

I enjoyed this story quite a bit, and will be looking for "The Hand of Mary Constable" which also features Alexander Hero.

This is part of my 2014 Vintage Mystery BINGO Challenge--Golden--L--Country House Mystey

The Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor review

First published in 1931, this is the first in the Asey Mayo mystery series.  Phoebe Atwood Taylor was an American mystery author in the 1930s through the early 1950s, who wrote several different mystery series under various pen names.  In this series, Asey (nickname of Asa) is an old down-to-earth Cape Codder with a bright mind, a good sense of humor and a big dash of common sense.  He had been a sailor and traveled the world before settling down in Cape Cod to work as general assistant to Bill Porter, whose father started Porter Motors.

I enjoyed this book, with the characters being interesting and well developed.  It takes place in the 1930s, when it was written, and allows you to experience what it was like during that time-frame.
There were several suspects, and the mystery was nicely developed.

The mystery begins when Dale Sanborn was discovered murdered.  He was a best-selling novelist, but not a nice person.  The suspects include Bill Porter (Asey's boss), an old girlfriend, Sanborn's fiancee, and his long-lost brother among others.

This is an older cozy  mystery, with an emphasis on the locale and the characters.  Looking forward to reading more in the series.

This is part of my 2014 Vintage Mystery BINGO Challenge--Gold--N--Place in title.