Adult Ghost Mysteries

Calypso Violante—Cal to her friends—is living her best life. Sort of. Sure, she lives in a dump of an apartment, but hey, she’s a federal agent, and isn’t that cool? Not just any federal agent, she’s part of the squad that deals with supernatural crimes. That’s supernatural as in paranormal. As in vampires, shifters, witches, and all kinds of weird shi— You get the drift. A night of undercover surveillance while her team hunts for an elusive fire mage suspected of several killings should have ended with her sliding into the sheets in her super posh mattress in her dump of an ...

A heartbroken ghost searches in vain for her baby. Pekin Dewlap and her best friends Scout and Amber are hired to help her spirit go into the light by the kindhearted homeowners who've grown fond of the crying ghost. The teens move into the house while their clients are on a cruise, and their first order of business is to find out the ghost's identity. A neighbor is able to provide the name of the house's last owner, and the story of how his wife died in childbirth. Now, armed with the ghost's name, along with those of her husband and baby daughter, it's time to set the ghost free.

For Pie’s entire life, it’s been Pie and her mother. Just the two of them, traveling across America. They have slept in trains, in mattress stores, and on the bare ground. They have probably slept in your house. But Pie is lonely. And now, at 17, her mother’s given her a gift. The choice of the next city they will go to. And Pie knows exactly where she wants to go. Pittsburgh - where she fell in love with a girl who she plans to find once again. And this time she will reveal herself. Only how can anyone love an invisible girl?

A Cursed Artifact that Delays Death? When a healing artifact delays death, what is the downside? With any cursed antique, there is always a price to pay. Cecilia, Clarence and Edgar discover a new enemy and a familiar face when they travel to collect an antique crucible that's too good to be true. Or have they encountered an artifact that shouldn't be locked away? Find out in the newest adventure in the Curiosity Shop Cozy Mysteries

I’m Natasha, a dark blood. In plain speak, I'm naturally drawn to dark magic and forces of the wrong kind. That's not the half of it. The powerful Guild of Mages, in charge of maintaining order among the magical, is all too eager to brand me a rogue. I wanted to be normal, away from magic, free from the perpetual tug-of-war between light and dark that rages within me. Had it not been for the money I needed to keep my brother alive, I would have totally fought off that intense craving to use my powers. Being a magical investigator seemed like an easy and respectable way to have it all. ...

A fast-paced supernatural thrill ride filled with demonic villains set in the heart of South Florida! My name is Patrick Bannon, and I'm a demonologist. Most people would agree that the study of demons isn’t a practical area of research. Lucky for me, Miami has never been a practical kind of city. With more reported cases of demonic possession than any other two cities combined, the jewel of South Florida can be a dangerous place for those who don’t respect it, and when trouble strikes, it falls to me to set it right. Now a renowned Catholic reverend is dead, and the church wants to ...

When homeless college student Sarah finds a well-paying nanny job for the summer, she can’t believe her luck. But it doesn’t take long to learn why the pay is so high. The house is haunted and she must learn to live with it if she wants a roof over her head. Supernatural redecorating and shifting curtains could be pranks from the children, but can children manifest cold drafts? Will Sarah find a way to set the home’s restless spirits at peace, or will she find herself back on the streets?

Claire Harvey is no ordinary 16-year-old. She never gets sick, she never gets hungry, and she never grows old. Little Max is the only one who knows why Claire is like she is, and he’s not telling. When not tutoring Max in arithmetic, Claire entertains him with the minor hauntings of the old house on Hollow Street. Her favorite tale chills him to the bone, but isn’t that the whole point of a good ghost story? As the lonely decades pass, Max strives to find an end to Claire's suffering. But the US Department of Paranormal Affairs has their own agenda.

Murder by Cannonball? The annual re-enactment of the famous Civil War battle in Stillwater has the ghost Colonel Augustus Monroe in a tither. He and Moody, the cat, commiserate on the battlefield as preparations begin. And tempers are flaring within the re-enactment camp as to who will play which role. The only solution...murder. Mazie and Fern's mother also pays a visit and brings along her grumpy boyfriend George. Moody wants to poo in his shirt pocket, and that's the nicest anyone feels towards him. ***Learn what happens when the witch sisters and Moody must match wits with a murderer***

The Noxhelm Murders is a Young Adult Horror Mystery by Dr. Bon Blossman. Shana Murphy’s life shatters as she is swept away from her hometown of Boston to the mysterious, isolated town of Noxhelm. Under the strict guidelines of the federal witness protection program, this teenage mob child is stripped of her identity and must move into what the locals call Ripper House - a haunted estate built by a serial killer during the Great Depression. The legend holds that insanity, despair, and even death have plagued the former inhabitants of this cursed estate. Before settling into her new life, ...

Enchanted Relics, Shadowy Orders, and a Mischievous Phantom Upon her return to the mystical town of Destiny Point, Cecilia Parish expects to aid her ailing uncle and his revered antique emporium. Little does she know, her world is about to shift into realms of enchantment and peril. While all antiques carry tales of the past, some harbor curses, casting shadows and weaving malevolent fates around those who possess them. Her uncle, far from a mere collector, is a guardian. He seeks out these cursed relics to shield the world from their dark allure and the malefic desires of those yearning ...

Rain of the Ghosts is the first in Greg Weisman's series about a young girl, Rain Cacique, who discovers she has a mystery to solve, a mission to complete and, oh, yes, the ability to see ghosts. Welcome to the Prospero Keys (or as the locals call them, the Ghost Keys), a beautiful chain of tropical islands on the edge of the Bermuda Triangle. It's the last weekend before school starts, and Rain already feels trapped.

This book is a collection of 10 short horror stories. The Pantry in The Basement A lot of people think that basements can be a bit on the scary side, but there was always something about that house with the blocked off pantry in the basement. Secret rooms aren't always a pleasant surprise for everyone, as Paul and Stephanie would learn. The Girl Who Loved to Smile Everyone talks about the importance of smiling. They say it makes you look more attractive and charming. What they fail to mention is that the reason for smiling can be more important than the smile itself. Everyone talks about ...

Sixteen-year-old Ellie is dead, and now she's a ghost, trapped in the house she once called home. As her family grieves her loss, Ellie is left with haunting questions: Why can't she move on? What is keeping her tied to this place? And most of all—what really happened to her?

The Harbinger is lost, sunk to the bottom of an otherworldly sea. Every soul that ever died and was protected within its hold has been lost along with it. But at least that precious cargo is out of reach of the demon Urcena and her army of soul-devouring monsters. For now. The soul keepers are broken, scattered, and barely clinging to existence without their ship or any way to collect or protect the souls of the newly dead.

Even a savior sometimes needs a champion. Dulce had gained a reputation as a positive, cheerful seer during the decline of one of the great magical nations. Two years after the death of her champion and best friend, she has become a completely different person who wishes only for the end so that the suffering will stop. Draven is perhaps the least likely champion to remind Dulce of how wonderful life can be, but that is the task presented to him. Never much for talking, he finds himself in a strange predicament that forces him to finally speak the thoughts he has always kept to himself. Is ...

Tras quedar huérfana, Leigh se va a vivir con unos parientes muy adinerados, de cuya existencia no estaba enterada. En su lucha por encajar en este nuevo mundo, no puede ignorar su dolor. Cuando la policía le informa de que la investigación sobre el asesinato de sus padres se ha topado con un obstáculo, sabe que la única forma de encontrar paz será resolver el misterio por sí misma. Con una nueva familia y nuevos amigos —entre ellos un fantasma con múltiples problemas de personalidad—, Leigh lo arriesga todo para encontrar respuestas.

I'm Natasha. Friends call me Tash. The world calls me loser. No one knows I possess a deadly magic. It was supposed to be a simple surveillance job, just like the zillion others I had run for my tough-guy benefactor, Tobias. An hour into it, I'm sitting with a dead body after barely surviving a warlock's rampage. I thought things couldn't get any worse, but what did I know? Running point for Tobias or being witness to a murder was the least of my worries. Now I've been blackmailed into working with sexy paranormal cop Ian, and I must help him find what the warlock is up to before he ...

Eliza was the first to know when her grandma had passed away, and not because she had received any phone call. In fact, it was the middle of the night and her grandma visited her bedroom. Her ghost, that was. Eliza thought she was dreaming but her grandma told her details of her passing that only she would know, and those were confirmed the next day. Her grandma was the first ghost Eliza had ever seen and she wouldn’t be her last. It turns out her grandma was more than the chocolate chip baking, soap opera watching grandmother she had known. She had been able to see the dead and help them...

It’s been over a decade since Verona left her childhood home in the hands of Corander and the remaining Noble Borns. With her daughter’s birthday approaching, it’s time to take back what was hers. Completely. Corander, lost in his pursuit to prove himself, has held those who answer to him with a tighter fist than his father, Kurt, ever did. He doesn’t know the hushed murmurs in the halls are once again inciting a civil war. Soon, blood will flow and he will have to fight for the crown. Verona must decide if she will help Corander, her first love, keep his crown or seize it once ...