Mia Thorne loses her job in advertising sales in New York. Mia, having mother issues, knows she can't move home. But, when her mother tells her she has inherited a house, from her father's aunt, in Pennsylvania, she knows she will have to go there. Planning to sell the house and return to New York, Mia goes to Newberry.

On her arrival in Newberry, all is simplified for Mia to take possession of her cottage. The lawyer, Dane Fairfax, has her sign the paperwork, and she now owns a house. But there is a condition she must live in the house for one year, she can't sell it.

Her dad had said Aunt Hazel was psychic, and Mia had psychic ability inherited from her. Her mother said Hazel was a nut and stayed away from her. But Mia thinks Aunt Hazel was wily.

While settling into the house, she meets two of her new neighbors, Patrick Beaumont and Scarlet York. They will become close friends. And Scarlet, a landscape designer, offers to help her with the gardens.

Everything is looking up until Mia finds a dead body in the gardens. Now she and Scarlet become suspects. Enjoy the fun as Mia brushes off her psychic ability and sets out to find the murderer.

Great beach book with its easy flow and escapism. ( )