This book is going to end up on my unfinished list, because I can't stand it. I think the girl's ghost was just trying to say thank you for finding out the truth behind her death. There was an old murder case from the 1800s that was solved by Nat finding a diary in the parsonage. Earlier in the book, Nat had been hearing things in the attic, but that turned out to be something tangible.

The very ending was cute with a hint of a ghost being put to rest. John once again got to show how sweet of a guy he is by being at Nat's side when she was (again) in the hospital at the end. I didn't really guess it this time around either until the reveal which was pretty exciting. I read this book late in 2017 for a book club and have reread it for another book club since I wasn't really staying very clear on who the killer was along with other details. Besties can't stay mad forever, so of course they shook hands and made up. We got to meet Charlene's teenage niece Tania who sometimes ran the store for her. Nat wasn't really crazy about him which made Charlene mad, so she didn't speak to Nat for awhile in the book. In the meantime, Nat's bestie, Charlene has a new boyfriend, the local pastor named Richard.

More developers are threatening her beloved island, her ex-fiancé is trying to get her to move back to Texas with him by tempting her with getting her a B&B there, an annoying guest is supposedly wanting to open her own B&B while picking Nat’s brain for ideas, not to mention there are a couple of murders, one of which Nat and Charlene are prime suspects. Even though I read it before, it was still a book I couldn't put down. I've read this again, so I'm revising my original review.

Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney