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Matilda Lockett is used to playing the role of Poor Dead Edna on stage with her spirit-medium aunt, Signora Valentina, and theatrical uncle Barnabus–but when they all decamp to Beauchamp Manor to deal with a most dreadful haunting, she discovers she really can see ghosts! There she meets ghost boy, Edgar Wilde, who shares her love of supernatural snooping, and together they set about unravelling the case of The Ghosts of the Manor.

Bonnie Montgomery (as her case-cracking alter-ego Montgomery Bonbon) has been invited to Adderstone Manor by Fergus Croke, whose prized diamond has gone missing. Croke is a retired master thief who suspects one of his four protégés of the dirty deed – but when everyone is a crook, how does even the great Bonbon know where to begin?

Raven Gallows lives in a funeral home and is determined to become a famous detective. Her first case is one close to home—find the truth surrounding her mother’s puzzling death six years ago. When a mummified man is discovered behind a wall at the Moonrise Manor Hotel, Raven is shocked to see that the body is clutching her mother’s gold and silver locket.

On a school trip to Wickworth Manor, the local stately home, Curtis finds a portrait in his bedroom of a young black servant dressed in livery. But why is the portrait hidden in the bedroom? Then Paige finds an intriguing letter which mentions the portrait, written over 200 years ago by Miss Verity Burton, who used to live at the Manor. There is a mystery begging to be unravelled!

What's that you say? You're off to Bleakley Manor? On Michaelmas eve? But dear child, hasn't anyone told you the legend of Old Bramble Head, who rises once a year to claim another victim from the unfortunate Bleakley household...? Which one will it be this time? And could there be foul play? Crime-busting brothers Horatio and Eustace Bleakley feel certain they smell a rat. Or is that Cook's dinner? More importantly, can they solve the mystery before another Bleakley bites the dust? Go ahead and find out...if you dare!

Bonbon is back in the third installment of the clever and funny murder mystery series. But tensions run high when she’s surrounded by crooks. Bonnie Montgomery (as her case-cracking alter ego Montgomery Bonbon) has been tasked with delivering a priceless diamond to Adderstone Manor, the home...

Fans of Ghost Squad will love this lightly scary creature feature standalone novel about a tween aspiring horror movie actress who pairs up with the twin children of her favorite director to defeat zombifying octopus-like creatures! Halle dreams of becoming a scream queen. She practices her...

Book four in the tragic series about the Sinister-Winterbottom twins, who must solve one wretched mystery after the next, brought to you by #1 New York Times bestselling author KIERSTEN WHITE. The electrifying penultimate adventure finds the Sinister-Winterbottoms at the manor of Mr. Frank and...

A girl from a wealthy family must defend her lady’s maid from accusations of theft in this first book in the cozy historical fiction The Manor Mysteries series that follows two heirloom lockets through generations of the same family. Peggy Eldritch can’t wait to turn twelve and receive the...

Two cousins’ search for a hiding place in the family manor turns into a spooky discovery in this second book in the cozy historical fiction The Manor Mysteries series that follows two heirloom lockets through generations of the same family. Thea Beekman can’t wait for her cousin Peggy to...

Thomas has only vague memories of the night his parents vanished, and the memories haunt his dreams: an old mansion, hide and seek, and panicked screaming. After their aunt threatens to split them up, Thomas and his two sisters run away to the abandoned family mansion to look for clues to their parents' disappearance. Soon after they arrive, terrifying messages make it clear that someone or something doesn't want them there. When another person close to Thomas disappears, the children must work quickly to stop the sinister force before they become the next victims of Branson Manor.

When a group of friends steps into the eerie halls of an old mansion, they expect dusty rooms and forgotten history—but they quickly realize something much more mysterious is at play. Strange noises, flickering lights, and hidden messages lead them to a chilling discovery: a ghostly puzzle that holds the key to breaking a centuries-old curse.

A charming collection of the first three installments in the brilliantly funny murder mystery series by comedian and writer Alasdair Beckett-King that BBC Radio called “Knives Out meets Poirot—but for children!” Bonnie Montgomery is the world’s greatest detective. Not that anyone—other...

When his cousin Kat disappears from Enderby Manor, Frankie Dupont jumps on the case. Bumbling Inspector Cluesome thinks Kat simply wandered off, but Frankie isn’t buying it. He follows the evidence trail to a conniving concierge, a six-fingered chef, a talking parrot, a mad maid, and a shifty dwarf…and quickly finds himself in a desperate race to recover Kat before her time runs out.

Ghoulia, Auntie Departed, and Uncle Misfortune are ready for a vacation. They pack up their things and head to Fancy Manor to visit Cousin Dilbert and Auntie Witch. Fancy Manor is nice and rundown, and it’s on Lake Mystery, providing lots of opportunity for swimming and other summer fun. But there’s a hitch in the plan. Because Fancy Manor seems abandoned, the town plans to reclaim the property in just a few days, unless a living heir comes forward.