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Second Hand Ghosts - Box Set 1

Gillian Larkin

Publisher: Gillian Larkin

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Summary

A collection of five short cozy ghost mysteries. Not all of the customers that visit Second Hand Rose are; some are ghosts that ask Kate to help them with their unfinished business. 
 
The Final Bet – Kate meets her first ghost, an elderly man who needs to contact his wife. 
 
The Lost Baby - A ghost is looking for her lost baby. The ghost was told that her baby had died at birth – but she just knows this isn’t true.  
 
The Last Laugh - Kate meets a teenage boy who fell from a bridge. He needs Kate to contact his mum to clear up a misunderstanding. 
The Hidden Picture - Paintings are brought into the shop – along with the artist ghost. The ghost asks Kate to find his one true love, Sally Braithwaite. 
The 7th Birthday Party - Kate uses a box of birthday decorations that she finds in the shop. Her daughter, Emily, tells her there is a ghost attached to the box, a ghost of a little girl who died before her birthday.

Available since: 08/24/2015.

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