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Unfinished Business, Volume 1

Title: Unfinished Business, Volume 1
Series: Ghost Detective Collections #1
Genre: Collection, Mystery
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 16/12/2021

When someone dies with unfinished business, their souls linger until they find closure.

A rather tall order when the ghost is stuck within the confines of the cemetery, with minimal means to affect the world of the living.

Robert and Clothilde know their way around the limitations, though. While waiting for their own release, they help the other ghosts deal with their unfinished business and find peace.

Unfinished Business is the first collection of short stories in the Ghost Detective series, including the titles Just Desserts, Lost Friends, Family Bonds, Common Ground, and Till Death.

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Unfinished Business, Volume 2

Title: Unfinished Business, Volume 2
Series: Ghost Detective Collections #2
Genre: Collection, Mystery
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 12/10/2022

When someone dies with unfinished business, their souls linger until they find closure.

A rather tall order when the ghost is stuck within the confines of the cemetery, with minimal means to affect the world of the living.

Robert and Clothilde know their way around the limitations, though. While waiting for their own release, they help the other ghosts deal with their unfinished business and find peace.

Unfinished Business is the second collection of short stories in the Ghost Detective series, including the titles Family History, Heritage, New Beginnings, Far From Home, and Severed Ties.

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Unfinished Business, Special Edition

Title: Unfinished Business, Special Edition
Series: Ghost Detective Collections
Genre: Collection, Mystery
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 08/08/2023

A special illustrated edition with nine Ghost Detective short stories. One illustration per short story, plus chapter headers, title pages, and more! Illustrations by Erik Wiborg.

When someone dies with unfinished business, their souls linger until they find closure.

A rather tall order when the ghost is stuck within the confines of the cemetery, with minimal means to affect the world of the living.

Robert and Clothilde know their way around the limitations, though. While waiting for their own release, they help the other ghosts deal with their unfinished business and find peace.

Unfinished Business is a special edition collection of short stories in the Ghost Detective series, including the titles Just Desserts, Family Bonds, Common Ground, Till Death, Family History, Heritage, New Beginnings, Far From Home, and Severed Ties.

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Deep Dark Secrets

Title: Deep Dark Secrets
Genre: Collection, Mystery
Pages: 140

We all keep secrets. Sometimes our own, sometimes others’. Sometimes we keep them consciously, sometimes our subconscious does the hard work for us.

But at some point, the truth will come out. It may get us in trouble, it may save us.

What is absolutely certain: it will bring change.

Deep Dark Secrets is a collection of five mystery short stories: Hidden Horrors, Out of Sight, Cold Blue Eternity, Sitting Duck, and Just Desserts.

A Thief in the Night

Title: A Thief in the Night
Genre: Collection, Mystery
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 14/10/2021

What makes a mystery intriguing? Which element makes the investigators’ sixth sense rear up and say this crime will stand out in their memories forever?

Dozens of crabs pushing a man to jump from his balcony should do the trick. Or an island’s one of two inhabitants eating rat poison with his cereal. How about an octogenarian going after internet trolls? An experienced kayaker surprised by bad weather? Or a jailbreak creating unimaginable damage with a slight miscalculation.

All of the above are covered in A Thief in the Night. Contains the short stories Critters, Two’s Company, Gertrude and the Trojan Horse, Like Mother Like Daughter, and The Red Brick Haze.

Tales From the Trenches

Title: Tales From the Trenches
Genre: Collection, Young Adult
Pages: 123
Publication Date: 18/11/2021

Nobody ever said high school was boring — or easy.

Everyone searches for their place — some do their best to fit in, others thrive in standing out.

From new-kid status to dealing with bullies and impossible parents, from coming face-to-face with weird Martians to being accused of murder on the very first day of school, the high school years are... unforgettable.

Tales From the Trenches is a collection of five Young Adult short stories across genres: First Impressions, Unexpected Consequences, The Lucia Crown, Let Them Eat Cake, and The Art of Pretending.

Heartwarming Holiday Tales

Title: Heartwarming Holiday Tales
Genre: Collection, Holiday
Pages: 110
Publication Date: 14/04/2022

The holiday spirit comes in all flavors, depending on who does the wishing.

Norwegian Nisse hope for their bowl of porridge on Christmas Eve, while parachute-jumping mice plan a heist to get their paws on this year’s cheese platter.

A woman’s hometown visit triggers memories of sweet teenage crushes, while discarded Christmas trees search for a new purpose. Ghosts even pray for snow while attempting to resolve their unfinished business.

Heartwarming Holiday Tales presents the short stories The Magic of Sharing, Down the Memory Aisle, Morbier Impossible, A Second Chance, and Severed Ties.

All with a guarantee of holiday happily-ever-afters…