Ghost Town Mystery

Johnny Carstairs visits a newly opened Ghost town on an 8th grade field trip. At the town cemetery his sees the tombstone of a girl his age. Before his time travel adventure ends he meets that girl, falls in love and solves a 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 ...

The seal on the spell that’s been keeping my Fae side in check is due to break tonight at midnight… And I’m set to marry a man I don’t really know, and what I do know of him, I don’t particularly like. All because some stupid prophecy (from before I was even born) proclaimed as much. Talk about a crappy deal… With my Fae powers set to take over and the threat of becoming the Queen of the Winter Court becoming all too real, I find myself stuck at the bar of the Half-Moon Grill in a full-blown pity party. In walks Maverick, a bounty hunter who occasionally works for me and who’s...

This backyard cookout is about to go up in flames… Lena thought hosting the annual New Oslo neighborhood block party would be the perfect way to bring the community together in her Victorian home's sprawling backyard. With her best friend Charlie providing delicious baked goods, Sheriff Mark Hansen by her side, and even her sassy grandmother's ghost offering ethereal advice, what could go wrong? Everything, as it turns out. When long-buried secrets and bitter grudges explode into public view during the festivities, Lena's peaceful gathering turns into a battlefield of accusations, ...

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 a grand Louisiana estate, an orphan's lost memories hold the key to a ghostly puzzle that could cost her life. Haunted by a past she can’t remember, orphan Leigh Ann is drawn into the sinister corridors of a mysterious Louisiana estate. As horrifying secrets unfold, she’s ensnared in a terrifying dance of danger and discovery. With malevolent forces closing in, will Leigh Ann unveil the chilling truth, or will darkness claim her forever? A spine-tingling journey of horror and suspense awaits.

A vision of a ghost town hovering over the water, a very wet ghost of a murder victim, and three different suitors besiege a lonely romance novelist who can’t swim … just another day in Cozy Corner! Being the only non-magical witch in her family, Kathy Abbott lives vicariously through the romance novels she writes. But when visions of a disincorporated town surface on the waters of the reservoir under which it lies, her life turns upside down! Soon, she finds she is the new chosen one destined to find the second artifact required to destroy an ancient evil talisman, and three different ...

In The Ghost at the Lighthouse, Maddie Moore senses an eerie presence near the Osprey Cove lighthouse, rumored to be haunted by a lost sailor. When mysterious deaths and sightings occur, Maddie’s investigation uncovers ties to the Midnight Star, a ship that vanished under suspicious circumstances. With guidance from her mentor, Esme, and support from her friend Sophie, can she find what is causing local deaths? Return with us to Osprey Cove for more adventures with Maddie and her friends.

When Rory Wiltz inherits her grandmother's house and shop, she sees it as a sign to move back to her hometown of Hazelville, Ohio. She convinces her best friend Scott to come with her, not knowing what awaits for them there. It seemed that her grandmother was a witch of sorts, because the shop she left her, Book & Candle, definitely caters to the occult community. Things get even weirder when her grandmother's ghost appears and demands that her murder be solved. Rory is in over her head, but with the help of her mystery-loving friend Scott and her witchy cousin Rhi, she's determined to ...

Sixteen-year-old Matt Wheeler never expected that moving to a sleepy lakeside town in Idaho would thrust him into a nightmare. Still grieving the death of his mother, Matt finds his life further upended when he starts seeing the ghost of Kelli Sullivan, a local girl who went missing weeks before his arrival. Kelli appears only to Matt at midnight hovering in the fog above the lake—trapped between this world and the next, desperate for the truth to surface. As Matt dives into the mystery of Kelli’s death, he forms an unlikely group of friends: Hal Murren, a tough, blue-collar kid with a ...

Seeing ghosts can be a curse, or it can help solve a murder He posed her on display for me to find. Our small lake town used to feel safe and normal, well except for my dad’s ghost in my old Chevy Nova. The safety is shattered when this killer begins hunting. The sheriff wants me to work closely with the detectives to tell the behind the scenes story of catching this sick killer. He hires me to report the case on my podcast. That would be great if the detective wasn’t my identical twin sister. The sister that rather I move back to Indianapolis that work with her. When someone close to ...

A child is missing. The father is desperate. Can a stranger find a way to unravel the clues? When five-year old Anna Burke goes missing in the rugged mountains of Wolf Creek Pass, can a stranger understand the clues and find her? To survive the pain and loss of her own daughter’s kidnapping and murder, Layne Youngman has closed her heart to everything but helping others find their missing children. As she begins her search, it appears nearly everyone has a secret. Rhys Burke is struggling to survive a bitter divorce. When Anna disappears while in his care, he is consumed with guilt and ...

It’s Halloween in Abbott Cove, and Grandma Grant is keen to win the pumpkin pie competition. In fact she’s so eager to win, Harper suspects her grandmother may have used magic to enhance her entry. Already concerned and on the lookout for odd signs of magic, Harper’s stress levels shoot through the roof when someone is poisoned during the competition. Fearing her grandmother may be the number one suspect, Harper gets to work, determined to solve the mystery of the poisoned pumpkin pie. Note: this is a 15,000 word short story.. This story was first published under the name D. S. Butler...

A sleuth who sees spirits, a chef who reads tea leaves, and a cat who knows all the games. Murder doesn’t have a ghost of a chance. For Staley Stoneybrook, life has been turned upside down. As the beneficiary of her long lost uncle’s will, she finds herself the owner of the historic Paradise Bay Station & Inn. But in a strange twist, the beautiful oceanfront property will only be hers when she posts a profit at the end of a year—something she’s determined to do. But as she’s about to make her first report to her uncle’s lawyer, he’s killed in front of his office. It’s only ...

Paranormal Women’s Fiction from #1 Amazon bestseller, J.R. Rain, and New York Times bestseller, H.P. Mallory! It’s two days until Halloween in Haven Hollow and Astrid is feeling the holiday blues. After being kicked out of her coven, the young witch is missing the holiday festivities she’s grown up with, and she’s also upset about a boy. Not to mention she’s perplexed over the subject of what she should gift to Wanda for the most important night of the witching calendar (known as ‘Samhain’). When Astrid’s ne’er-do-well brother, Maverick, reaches out, Astrid is over the ...

Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six awful days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged.

She has ten days to live—and the dead aren’t the only ones hunting her. After a crushing defeat, martial artist Melissa Weller hits the road to escape her past, accompanied by her best friend: Magic, a talking yellow lab with secrets of his own. But when their detour lands them in the eerie town of Russelfield, Alabama, Melissa is ambushed and cursed by a vengeful spirit. With an ominous ritual looming closer, Melissa has ten days to solve a mystery—or die trying. Recruiting a reluctant local witch for help, Melissa must face sinister spirits, centuries-old Chinese folklore, and a ...

Paranormal Women’s Fiction from bestsellers HP Mallory and JR Rain! Living in Misty Hollow hasn’t been perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s been a nice break from always being on the run. But owing to the nightmares that keep plaguing my daughter, Luna, I know we can’t stay here much longer. And adding in the fact that another two vampires have just moved to town? Yeah, that’s an added reason we can’t stick around. Even though I might be a bruja, I’m still a witch. And the rule that witches and vampires hate one another still stands. Of course, I can’t seem to...

Paranormal Women’s Fiction from #1 Amazon bestseller, J.R. Rain, and New York Times bestseller, H.P. Mallory! The women of Haven Hollow aren’t your typical forty-something singles. Poppy’s a gypsy who creates potions, Wanda’s a witch, Fifi’s a succubus, Libby’s a zombie, Darla was once a ghost but now she’s corporeal and Bailey’s a medium. When they find themselves forming an unlikely friendship over potion-brewing and booze, Wanda decides their impromptu group needs a name. But, somehow, ‘Flushed and Forty,’ ‘The Haven Hollow Hoochies,’ and ‘The Witchy Winos’ ...

Whiskers, Witchcraft, and Whodunit: Join BMC on a Psychic Purr-suit to Unravel a Tail of Mystery! When BMC, a psychic talking Maine Coon cat, loses his beloved human, Gertrude, he vows to protect her daughter, Amelda. But when Amelda mysteriously disappears after a fight with her villainous boyfriend, BMC's life is thrown into chaos. Trapped in a small town with only a quirky pug named Bugsy to count on, BMC must use his newfound light-witch abilities to navigate a web of lies and danger. As BMC and Bugsy team up to unravel the truth, they encounter meddling ghosts, psychic frauds, and ...