I've spent the past week binge reading the excellent "Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries" series. One of the things I really like about good cozy mysteries is that you get thoughtful mysteries without much graphic gore , and some good action without too much fear. I have given every other book in this series a full 5-star rating, but although book #8 is excellently written, I took off a half-star because I found this one to be too intense throughout a major portion of the book...intense enough that my blood pressure went way up reading it. Of course, it wasn't nearly as bad a thriller or even a traditional mystery, but then again, as I'm elderly and I no longer enjoy those intense books that make my heart race. It was very, very good though, and I highly recommend it if you enjoy a good scare set in an old insane asylum!