Sometimes the skeletons in the closet are real.

Greenville, South Carolina, 1972.

The ghosts and demons are real, too. Penelope Drake should know. After all, her father’s spirit haunts the office of the detective agency she inherited from him.

Dreadful Penny: Haunted Past collects the first four novellas in the Dreadful Penny series.

Dreadful Penny: When Ephraim Brown, an old friend of Penelope’s father, asks her to investigate a break-in at his home, it soon becomes clear someone is using dark magic to try to destroy him and his family, and it’s up to Penelope to stop it.

Unsettled Spirits: A strange accident puts an employee of Ephraim Brown in the hospital. When Ephraim’s son Bertram calls on Penelope to help, she finds herself drawn into the Brown’s family intrigues again. The more Penelope investigates, though, the closer she gets to uncovering secrets about her own family.

Local Haunts: A string of brutal murders has the city on edge. All the victims have one thing in common-they worked for Ephraim Brown. With the police stumped, Penelope takes it upon herself to follow the grisly clues left by the killer.

Legend Trip: The trouble with the Brown family never seems to end. When Ephraim is abducted by supernatural forces, Penelope must try save him once more. Her only clue is a cryptic one-word message-happiness. Could it also be the key to finally learning all the secrets her father kept from her?