Ghost Town Mystery

Caleb and Jenna Rourke are driving through the pitch-black mountains when their navigation fails entirely. They stumble upon Gallow's End, an isolated settlement that does not appear on any map. What begins as a simple search for a landline and a safe place to wait out the night quickly devolves into a desperate struggle to stay alive. The terrifying silence of the empty streets remains unbroken until the massive iron bell in the decaying church tower begins to toll. The couple soon discovers the horrifying history of the mining collapse that buried dozens of men alive beneath the very ...

Murder, mayhem, and a little bit of magic… Welcome to Castle Point, Maine, where the dearly departed are anything but quiet. Carrigan Critt thought inheriting the family funeral home was the biggest challenge of her forties—until she started seeing ghosts. Now, with her best friends, Radleigh the drag queen mortician and Trixie the crafty shop owner, she finds herself caught up in murder investigations, reluctant matchmaking attempts by her high-society mother, crochet sessions, an endless supply of coffee at the Chatterbox Café and cats. Lots and lots of cats. This charming box set ...

Three books. One haunted coastline. And a retired detective who didn't ask for any of this. Moonhaven, Maine looks like the kind of place where nothing ever happens — salt-weathered cottages, a lighthouse that's been standing since before anyone can remember, and a village small enough that everyone knows your name. But something old lives in these cliffs. Something that doesn't stay buried. And it has been waiting for Sam Blackwood to come home. THE DETECTIVE Samantha "Sam" Blackwood — twenty years as a Portland homicide detective, now the reluctant heir to a crumbling lighthouse ...

Four small-town murders. One woman who can't see — but sees everything that matters. When Mara Westfield inherits a fog-wrapped cottage in Thornfield Hollow, she isn't looking for a new career. She's looking for a fresh start — a quiet coastal town where nobody knows about her divorce, her fading eyesight, or the vision loss that ended the life she used to have. She finds something else entirely: Nathaniel Thorne, murdered in 1952, and still waiting — seventy years later — for someone who can finally hear him. Blind since her diagnosis with retinitis pigmentosa, Mara has learned to ...

A dead man, a locked Gazebo, and a Haunted Shop full of secrets. Daphne Cole arrives in Elderberry Harbor to inherit her aunt’s antique shop—only to find it comes with a talking cat, a resident ghost, and a murder that points straight at her. When local appraiser Gordon Pell is found dead inside a locked gazebo with one of her music boxes on his chest, suspicion spreads fast—and Daphne becomes the town’s favorite suspect. With Finn Calder, a sharp-eyed journalist, and Della Brewster, a café owner who knows everyone’s business, Daphne uncovers a web of forged antiques, buried ...

When an inheritance includes murder… As a 30-something-year-old living in her mother’s basement after her divorce, Carly Taylor never considered herself particularly lucky… until her ex-husband died and left her his house. She couldn’t wait to move into the Victorian mansion in the picturesque lakeside town of Landover, Wisconsin. But, as soon as she unpacked her stuff and got comfy, she realized why she got the inheritance. Her ex-husband’s ghost is hovering in her living room, haunting the place, and wanting her to solve his murder. Carly can think of a million people who wanted...

In the weeks since he moved to Ghost, Oregon, Maz Amani’s life has gotten so much better. Charming small town? Check. Queen Anne beauty of a house? Check. Project organizing the fascinating papers of Ghost’s founding family? Check. Adorable handyman who might morph into more than a friend? Check. Rafts of friendly townies? Check. And did he mention the house? Sure, there’s the occasional professional annoyance—ghostwriters can’t always be picky about the gigs they take in the name of keeping their cat in kibble. But on the whole, things are awesome.

A gripping and darkly nostalgic tale, “Perrotta at his finest” (Ron Charles), about a tumultuous summer in 1970s suburban New Jersey, from the perspective of a middle-aged writer looking back on a series of events that changed his life—and the story he finally has the courage to tell...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned into much more—a calling, a community of millions, and hard-earned lessons about chasing impractical dreams. “Inspiring and meditative—the story of man vs...

Ghosts of Silver Maple Island A Jamie Blackwood Mystery When a promising archaeology student is found murdered at a remote river island in West Virginia, Professor Jamie Blackwood is pulled into the darkest case of his career—one that threatens not only a sacred past, but the fragile peace he’s fought to build. Silver Maple Island is more than an archaeological site. Once home to a major Shawnee settlement and the birthplace of the Seven Nations Consortium, it holds artifacts powerful enough to rewrite history—and valuable enough to kill for. As evidence of professional looting ...

A family reunion turns fatal as sisters delve into a haunted past within eerie manor walls. Dive into a riveting gothic thriller where two sisters confront their long-lost mother's sinister past in a haunted manor.

Grandfather has just bought a plot of land in the Rocky Mountains - complete with a ghost town! When the Aldens hear their land is haunted, they don't believe it. But when they see a ghostly figure on the main street, they know something's up. There's a mystery here, and the Aldens are determined to solve it!

Bobby socks, milkshakes, and cold-blooded murder… New Oslo is rolling back the clock for a Rock 'n' Roll Weekend, complete with poodle skirts, jukebox favorites, and the entire Class of '58 reuniting at the North Star Diner. For Lena Larsen, it's a rare night off from B&B duties, a chance to dance with Sheriff Mark Hanson, and an evening where the only ghost causing trouble is the one giving her hair advice. When local legend (and lifelong loudmouth) Tommy Delaney collapses in the middle of the class photo, the celebration turns deadly. With the town's most beloved elders all standing ...

The papers say it was an accident... While on vacation with her family in 1957, 18-year-old Gloria Thomas went to a party on Landover Lake, but never returned. The locals say she was just another outsider who partied too hard and got into an unfortunate accident. Her ghost says it wasn't anything like that. And now, she's come to medium detective Carly Taylor to figure out exactly what happened. Through channeling, Carly is taken straight to that night to relive the party, the young woman’s murder, and the obvious cover-up. But while channeling memories from the 1950s, Carly finds out ...

A nose for trouble… When Lena inherits her grandmother Ingrid's Victorian house in the quaint town of New Oslo, she expects a fresh start and a slower pace of life in her hometown. Instead, she finds herself thrust into a web of secrets, lies, and unexpected danger. As Lena settles into her new home, strange occurrences and an overwhelming sense of unease plague her. Could it be mere imagination, or is there something more sinister at play? When a ghostly encounter reveals a shocking truth about her grandmother's passing, Lena's world is turned upside down. Armed with nothing but her wits...

A sinking feeling. Signing The Pink Pearl’s Pirate Codex was supposed to be water witch Storm’s ticket to freedom. But that was before discovering her ex-fiancé’s spell book on board the ship. Before she can solve that pesky mystery, Santa hires the crew to transport one of his elves to East Africa. The mission: collect a valuable artifact from the ruins of Gedi. The problem: Gedi’s haunted. Something — or someone — really doesn’t like strangers, and there’s nothing stranger than Storm and her fellow pirates. People start disappearing faster than the cream in her cat’s ...

The Secrets of Hardy Lodge A MORA Paranormal Mystery (Book One) A remote lodge in the Northwoods. A gathering of paranormal investigators. And a murder the dead themselves may help solve. When paranormal investigator Mary O’Reilly and her husband, Police Chief Bradley Alden, arrive at Hardy Lodge for a weekend retreat with several ghost-hunting teams, they expect a few spirited debates about equipment, techniques, and the existence of ghosts. What they don’t expect is a body. Lady Edna, a controversial psychic known for being a diva, is found murdered behind the lodge’s bar. With a ...

This Fourth of July festival went out with a bang… Lena Larsen was hoping for a quiet Fourth of July celebration. Fireworks, funnel cake, maybe a nice evening with her boyfriend, Sheriff Mark Hanson. Instead, she got a dead body behind the festival tent and a town full of people who aren't exactly heartbroken about it. Now Lena's doing what she does best, and noticing the things nobody else catches. With her best friend Charlie gathering gossip and her grandmother's ghost offering unsolicited opinions from the afterlife, Lena is determined to find the truth before the wrong person takes ...

The Castle Point Witch Series weaves the enchanting tale of Alexandra Heale, a hypnotherapist and closeted witch. With her friends they navigate the challenges of balancing everyday life with their extraordinary abilities in Castle Point. The series kicks off with Alexandra coming to terms with her witch heritage, learning to harness her powers with the help of her ghost mentor, Waldo Cress, and her familiar, a mischievous cat named Blackjack. Each book introduces a new supernatural mystery or threat, from ancient curses and mysterious artifacts to magical misadventures which Alexandra and ...

Someone’s trying to frame this ambitious theater performer for murder. Can she get back to her adoring public and escape the noose? 1885. Arabella Pryce is struggling with heartbreak. And with her recently deceased husband’s will demanding she leave her celebrity behind and refurbish her namesake hotel in Colorado, the distressed actress is forced to board a westbound train. But she’s barely arrived at the haunted, broken-down lodge when the town beauty shows up dead in one of the rooms… and Arabella is named the prime suspect. Already feeling the sting of the community’s ...