The Haunted Ranch Mysteries Series by Sara Bourgeois

4.66 · 63 ratings
  • Death Rides the Desert (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #1)
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    Death Rides the Desert (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #1)

    Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2025

    A haunted ranch. A clever fox. Ghosts who won't shut up. Claire Caldwell came to Arizona to sell her great aunt’s ranch, lick her wounds, and escape back to Chicago. Then the ranch decided it wanted a new owner. A copper furred fox starts leaving gifts on her doorstep. Translucent cowboys appear in the barn. A woman who died in 1985 cooks tamales in Claire’s kitchen like she never left. And somehow, the dead all seem to know one thing Claire does not. She can see them... more

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  • Bones and Cactus Blooms (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #2)
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    Bones and Cactus Blooms (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #2)

    Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 2025

    Claire Caldwell has finally found her footing. Six months after solving her first murder, she's turned Whispering Saguaro Ranch into a thriving animal sanctuary and embraced her ability to see the dead. But the desert has more secrets to reveal. When volunteers preparing for the Cactus Bloom Festival unearth human bones that have been hidden for thirty-five years, the whole town starts whispering about old scandals and vanished souls... more

  • Spirits of the Saguaro (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #3)
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    Spirits of the Saguaro (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #3)

    Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2025

    Claire Caldwell has finally settled into her strange new normal. Two months after the Robert Harrison incident, she's learned to trust her spirit fox's warnings and Rosa's ghostly advice as she runs her animal sanctuary in the desert. But some visitors bring their own darkness to Perdido Springs. When famous artist Aurora Brightwater arrives to paint the "desert spirits," she brings more than just her canvases and her sparkling laugh... more

  • Tombstones with a View (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #4)
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    Tombstones with a View (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #4)

    Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 2026

    The dolls are always watching. Claire Caldwell learned that the hard way in Room 7 of the Desert Rest Motel. But now their owner has vanished, and those glass eyes might be the only witnesses to what happened. .. Sheriff Dobson isn't concerned. "Woman finally got tired of those creepy dolls and skipped town. Can't blame her. "But Claire knows Mavis would never abandon her collection. Those hundreds of Victorian dolls aren't just decorations. .. they're her life. Her family. Her obsession... more

  • Body Beneath the Wither (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #5)
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    Body Beneath the Wither (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #5)

    Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2026

    A dead tree. A dead podcaster. A desert that remembers everything. Claire Caldwell was ready for wedding planning, not another corpse. But when her fiancé’s vet call takes them down a lonely road outside Perdido Springs, Rusty blocks their path and leads them straight to Broken Acres, a long abandoned farmhouse with a twisted tree locals call the Wither. Beneath its dead branches lies Craig Dooley, better known to his listeners as Stone Coldwell, the loudmouthed host of The Cold Files... more

  • Death Waits at Dead Rock (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #6)
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    Death Waits at Dead Rock (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #6)

    Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2026

    A wine tasting. A viral treasure hunt. A body at the base of Dead Rock. Claire Caldwell thought she’d seen every kind of weird the desert could throw at her. Ghosts in her kitchen, omens from a spirit fox, and the occasional town scandal that required a very large cup of coffee. What she did not expect was a swarm of influencers descending on Perdido Springs for a luxury “Desert Vines Weekend,” complete with ring lights, sponsored smiles, and a limited edition bottle of Red Rock Reserve... more

  • Skulls and Sunlit Secrets (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #7)
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    Skulls and Sunlit Secrets (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #7)

    Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings · published 2026

    Join Claire, Rusty, Sam, and the rest of the Perdido Springs crew on another rollicking cozy mystery adventure! Full blurb coming soon.

  • The Bone Charm (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #8)
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    The Bone Charm (The Haunted Ranch Mysteries #8)

    Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings · published 2026

    Claire, Rusty, Sam and the whole Perdido Springs gang is back for another spooky (not scary) mystery! Full blurb coming soon!

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