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
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