SeriesStack

Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries Books in Order

15 books and 4 novellas from Southern Spirits (2015) to Garters, Ghosts and Wedding Toasts (2026). Rated 4.6 across 14,988 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Southern Spirits

    Book 1 2015 4.4 (2.8k)

    When out-of-work graphic designer Verity Long accidentally traps a ghost on her property, she's saddled with more than a supernatural sidekick....

  2. A Ghostly Gift

    Novella 1.5 2015 4.6 (1.6k)

  3. The Skeleton in the Closet

    Book 2 2015 4.6 (1.7k)

    A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone....

  4. Ghost of a Chance

    Novella 2.5 2016 4.6 (1.1k)

  5. The Haunted Heist

    Book 3 2016 4.6 (1.3k)

    Just because she can see the dead doesn't mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead she's over the moon to land a job at the local bank...until she finds her new boss dead....

  6. Deader Homes and Gardens

    Book 4 2016 4.6 (1.2k)

    Southern belle Verity Long is back in business - as a ghost hunter. Now all she has to do is visit the town's creepiest mansion and exorcise a family of vengeful spirits....

  7. Dog Gone Ghost

    Novella 4.5 2018 4.7 (893)

  8. Sweet Tea and Spirits

    Book 5 2018 4.7 (762)

    Southern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she’s surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call....

  9. Murder on the Sugarland Express

    Book 6 2018 4.7 (710)

    Ghost hunter Verity Long goes on a train trip through the Tennessee mountains with her boyfriend, Ellis. The Sugarland Express carries history and nostalgia in every compartment, and Verity is determined to enjoy it - without ghostly…

  10. Pecan Pies and Dead Guys

    Book 7 2019 4.7 (702)

    Sometimes, Verity Long would like to forget she lives with the ghost of a 1920s gangster. But the reluctant housemates must once again work together when a dead detective blackmails Frankie into helping him solve a Great Gatsby-era cold…

  11. The Mint Julep Murders

    Book 8 2019 4.7 (522)

    For Southern girl Verity Long, friendship means sitting down to stories and sweet tea on the front porch. For her gangster ghost housemate, it means dragging Verity out to a remote haunted asylum during a raging thunderstorm to do a favor…

  12. The Ghost of Christmas Past

    Novella 8.5 2020 4.7 (335)

  13. Southern Bred and Dead

    Book 9 2020 4.8 (396)

    Verity Long would really like a day off. Between uncovering the culprit who capped her gangster ghost housemate and dodging the bomb her boyfriend just dropped on their relationship, her spiritual calling has gotten complicated....

  14. The Haunted Homecoming

    Book 10 2021 4.8 (346)

    It’s homecoming weekend in Sugarland, Tennessee, and ghost hunter Verity Long is tickled to see so many souls - living and dead - back in town to celebrate. But not all reunions are happy ones....

  15. Give Up the Ghost

    Book 11 2022 4.8 (217)

    Ghost hunter Verity Long is no stranger to scandal. In fact, it seems to follow her around like her pet skunk, Lucy. But Verity is as shocked as anybody when a town relic discovered in a time capsule unleashes a torrent of secrets that…

  16. Dread and Buried

    Book 12 2023 4.7 (125)

    Verity Long is proud to say she gets along with just about anybody—dead or alive. But she’s put to the test when her well-meaning boyfriend and her sweet-as-pie sister con her into a remote island “double date” weekend with her sister’s…

  17. Death at the Drive-In

    Book 13 2024 4.9 (123)

    In 1956, Kitty Cunningham disappeared on the way to the Starlite Drive-In. Now the first real evidence of foul play is coming to light in the ghostly realm—and it links directly to a modern crime.

  18. Secrets, Lies and Fireflies

    Book 14 2025 4.2 (80)

    Verity’s family tree has deep roots… and deadly secrets. Some families pass down antiques or china. Verity’s family? They can’t seem to pass up a good mystery.

  19. Garters, Ghosts and Wedding Toasts

    Book 15 2026 4.8 (58)

    Ghost hunter Verity Long has forty-eight hours to plan her sister's dream wedding on a budget that wouldn't even cover the cake.

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (1.5 comes after book 1). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.