Ghost Town Mystery

Mystery of Bloodsworth Manor is a must read for fans of Gothic suspense and paranormal fiction. Nothing is as it seems. 16-year-old Claire McKenna and her sister, Lauren, have been stuck in a group foster home for teens for nine miserable months. When a prominent family in Gallows Point, MA requests guardianship, it gives Claire hope that her life will be semi-normal again. Those hopes are shattered soon after arriving to Bloodsworth Manor when her sister disappears. Evidence suggests Lauren ran away, but when Claire learns of a similar disappearance that occurred in the town five years ...

Local matchmaker and PI Demeter West gets called in to investigate some interdimensional turbulence in the basement of the local library. Over the course of the investigation, Demeter learns some new approaches to tarot work, some local history, some new information about Casper's situation within the multiverse, and some things she didn't know about her husband and daughter.

The circus has come to Morley. And, along with it, my newest mystery to solve… While in the middle of a performance, the ringmaster, Argos the Magnificent, dies a very mysterious death involving a cannon stunt gone wrong. Now, it’s up to me, my ghostly pal, Petra, and a slew of circus ghosts to try to find out whodunit. It doesn’t help that Inspector Lean is on the case and questioning my every inclination as he always does. And it also doesn’t help my new relationship with Leo that Bastian Chambon seems to be everywhere I am. And what’s more? I find myself enjoying Bastian’s ...

In the forgotten town of Black Hollow, nestled in the shadows of the Appalachian hills, the past lingers like a bitter chill. Children have vanished for decades, sucked up by the earth and its dark secrets. The townsfolk whisper of a malevolent force, an entity buried deep beneath the crumbling landscape, waiting for the right moment to resurface. The summer of 1978 was hotter than anyone could remember. When three prisoners make a desperate escape from the local penitentiary cemetery, chaos erupts in the already beleaguered town. As Sheriff Thomas leads the frantic search, one of the ...

Welcome to the Palace movie theater! Now Showing: Philandering husbands, ghostly sidekicks, and a murder or two. When Nora Paige’s movie-star husband leaves her for his latest co-star, she flees Hollywood to take refuge in San Francisco at the Palace, a historic movie theater that shows the classic films she loves. There she finds a band of misfit film buffs who care about movies (almost) as much as she does. She also finds some shady financial dealings and the body of a murdered stranger. Oh, and then there’s Trixie, the lively ghost of a 1930’s usherette who appears only to Nora and...

Zendaya returns from Paonia to meet the hostility from Telluride reduced to smiles and a hearty welcome. Perplexed, it turns out it's just them glad about the fact that she solved her first case! So glad, she gets time off from her job. At least until another case, similar to the one from fifteen years prior rears its head and she has no choice but to look at it herself, risking her chief's anger. The new case takes her to yet another town where she meets a familiar face and together, they find answers. But all is not so simple, neither is it as straightforward as it seems. Zendaya is ...

In the quaint town of Mystic Mountain, Amelia Frost's life takes an unexpected turn when she inherits the Mystic Mountain Inn from a grandmother she never knew. Alongside Charlotte, her ghostly feline companion, Amelia uncovers a world where the veil between the living and the dead is thin, and magic brews in the air. Thrust into her new role as a medium and innkeeper, she navigates the complexities of her newfound abilities and the town's supernatural residents. But when a prominent local art patron dies under mysterious circumstances at the Mystic Mountain Art Museum, Amelia finds herself...

In the serene town of Telluride, amateur sleuth Zendaya seeks solace amidst the quaint streets and friendly faces. But her peaceful existence takes a sharp turn when a mysterious flower leads her to a perplexing crime scene. With her faithful feline companion by her side and the begrudging assistance of Detective Mason, Zendaya delves into a maze of secrets and suspicion that shrouds the tight-knit community. As time slips away and tensions rise, Zendaya must rely on her sharp wit and unyielding determination to uncover the truth before it's too late. Join Zendaya on a gripping journey ...

The Cabal was meant to have been defeated, but there is still one person out there bent on rebuilding it to its former glory. But to do that, they need money. One way of getting it is to deliver Raymond “Knocker” Jensen to a Middle Eastern terrorist known only as the Ghost. It is in Mosul when they strike, taking the former SAS man off the street in broad daylight. With one of their people MIA, Team Reaper is hunting a ghost of their own - a woman who is as elusive as she is deadly. Now they have two ghosts to find. One who has their friend, and one who wants them dead.

After solving the mystery of who killed the woman who previously owned my cottage, I’m hoping my life in the small and quaint English village of Morley-on-Avon will quiet down. But no such luck. And I’m not just talking about ghosts. I don’t know how it happened, but for someone who promised herself she’d avoid all romantic entanglements, I now have two men vying for my attention—the handsome and kindhearted blacksmith of Morley, Leo Tanner, and Morley’s own resident lothario playboy, Bastian Chambon. And there’s no dating one and keeping the other as a friend. So, for now, ...

Watch the quiet ones. They hide the deadliest secrets. Ray Wallace, kind, shy, and gentle-hearted, has had enough of life. His wife left him for another man, and his drug-addicted daughter is being stalked by an abusive ex-boyfriend. Ghosts from Ray's past are after him, getting inside his head, forcing him to make bad decisions. A road trip to see his dying mother will bring the nastiness, the ghosts, and all that regret together again one last time.

A haunted mansion, a missing dog, and a psychic sleuth caught in the middle… Danika Dreary’s finally adulting and settling into life in Mystique, running her new-age shop and enjoying her potential romance with Ryker Van Allan. Between tarot readings and teaching her cat, Sashay, to select crystals, she’s finally found her groove—as long as she avoids anything ghostly. But once kooky socialite Adelaide Worthington bursts into La Casa during Danika’s date—apparently, the Universe won’t even let her finish her enchiladas in peace—wailing about her haunted mansion, Danika’s ...

In November 2014 Arla Macleod bludgeoned her mother, father and sister to death with a hammer. Now incarcerated at a medium-security mental-health institution, Arla will speak to no one but Scott King, an investigative journalist, whose Six Stories podcasts have become an internet sensation. King finds himself immersed in an increasingly complex case, interviewing five witnesses and Arla herself as he questions whether Arla's responsibility for the massacre was a diminished as her legal team made out.

Rory Wiltz was having a nice day until a dead body showed up in her house: the only problem is that the dead man is still very much alive. Rory is determined to solve his murder and ends up casting a time travel spell with the help of her boyfriend, Hunter, and his sister, Jess. But not everything works out as they anticipated. Rory ends up going back in time but to a much different reality than her own. Enemies could be friends, and friends could be enemies. But Rory is determined to stop the dead man from dying, even if it means going up against one of the most dangerous witches she has ...

Taking a much-needed break, ghost hunter Shane Ryan spends a day exploring an old New England town. What starts as a hike becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse with a malevolent ghost who preys upon unsuspecting visitors. Shane has seen his share of bad spirits, but nothing could have prepared him for the evil predator dogging his trail.

The time is now. We’ve waited long enough. We’ve got to know. How did I die? I’m sharp, and I’m not just talking about my beak. In fact, you won’t find a parakeet brighter than me. But in my previous life, as a man, I was an even more brilliant. A detective, in fact. However, there’s one question that neither I nor anybody I love can seem to recall: just how did I die? To get to the bottom of it, it’s time for a little road trip to the scene of the crime. All of the Tripletts—my wife Sharon, daughter Lila, son Ethan, and I—leave Mountain Springs in the rearview mirror and ...

Olivia Tithe was excited for the summer and spending it with her best friend, Stern. But that was ruined when he was murdered...by Olivia's mother. Flashing forward, Olivia's life has been transformed since that awful night. After her mother's incarceration, Olivia must move on, but she hates her father's new fiancée, Heather, and with her dad's new real estate development (she calls it Ghost Town) in the works, she barely sees him. But a new boy, Austin, has kindled feelings inside her that she hasn't felt since Stern's death. Arriving at the same time as this new guy is a mysterious note that brings Stern's murder back to the forefront.

When Claire is ordered to repair the systems that protect Morganville, it's not just cutting into her study time; it's a life-threatening problem. If there's one thing this vampire-infested town is serious about, it's security. But achieving the impossible only brings a new set of problems, and the upgrades have unexpected consequences: people in the town are slowly beginning to forget who they are, even the vampires. Soon, the town's little memory problem has turned into a full-blown epidemic.

Walking down Main Street in Jerome, Arizona, the big gaping hole where The Desperation Depot once stood is not difficult to notice. The ex-sheriff of the county John Clarke and his fiancé Ellie Parker have committed to rebuilding the former bordello where Magdalena was once the madam. But this building is not quite what it seems, add in the fact that rumors in this small northern town are running rampant about a hidden treasure left by the owner in days gone by. Who knows what they will find? Ellie has an uncanny way of attracting danger but the spiritual visits from Magdalena are almost ...

It’s Christmastime in the quiet Los Angeles County city of Vista Beach, home of computer programmer and tole-painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson. The magic of the season fills the air as residents enjoy school concerts, a pier lighting ceremony and the annual sand-snowman contest. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Rory plans on painting ornaments to sell at the local craft fair and joining in on the holiday fun. But she finds the season anything but jolly after the house across the street is torn down, revealing a decades old crime. Past meets present when her father is ...