Sunday, August 3, 2025

The Spirit of Vanderlaan (The Samantha Hayes Series) by Susan Harris Howell ~ Paranormal Cozy Mystery

The Spirit of Vanderlaan (The Samantha Hayes Series) by Susan Harris Howell

About The Spirit of Vanderlaan:

The Spirit of Vanderlaan (The Samantha Hayes Series)

Paranormal Cozy Mystery

1st in Series Setting: This story is set on the fictitious campus of Vanderlaan University, in the Midwest or Midsouth region of the United States

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wild Rose Press

Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 2, 2024

Print length ‏ : ‎ 370 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509258884

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509258888

Digital Print length ‏ : ‎ 322 pages

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DHV65RM4

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When beloved professor, Samantha Hayes, learns that her favorite four students live in as many of her old dorm rooms, she wonders how it happened and for what purpose. As she and her student entourage explore the possibilities, they uncover a death years ago and what appears to be the ghost of the dearly departed. All of this stirs up Samantha's long-held fear that she was responsible for that death, challenging all she thought she knew about herself and the work she holds dear. They must figure out what happened before Samantha gets fired for "dabbling in the paranormal."

About Susan Harris Howell:

 

I am a psychologist, speaker, and author of The Spirit of Vanderlaan, my debut novel released in December of 2024. This book is a fun, cozy, ghost story featuring a professor, Samantha Hayes, and her lively band of students who get caught up in solving a campus mystery. This book draws on my teaching career of over thirty years to capture the camaraderie and warmth between a professor and the assortment of personalities which inhabit her office. I have also published extensively on equality between women and men. My first book, Buried Talents, explores the subtle ways women are discouraged from entering male-dominated occupations. Buried Talents was named a winner in InterVarsity Press’s 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards. My husband and I have two grown children, a daughter-in-law, one adorable grandson, and an incorrigible beagle named Doc. While Doc doesn’t understand a word I say, he fully supports my speaking and writing endeavors. 

Links to My Socials:

Email List & Monthly Blog: https://susanharrishowell.substack.com
Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3Zp0OTN

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2 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for hosting me today! I hope your readers love Vanderlaan as much as I've enjoyed writing this story!

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