The Stubborn Schoolhouse Spirit (The Penelope Pembroke Cozy Mystery Series) (19 page)

“Just to hide Ragsdale’s cameras?”

“I guess we could conjure her up and ask her,” Sam said.

Penelope slapped a hand over his mouth. “Don’t say it! Don’t even suggest it!” She turned toward the key-hole.  “If you come back, Jessie Ruth, I’ll tell everybody about you—how you were too cheap to even put up a marker on your own father’s grave after he left you every penny he had.  Some big philanthropist, huh?”

Sam applauded. “You tell her, Nell.”

Penelope took a step toward the basement door and raised her voice. “Just leave us alone. Go away, and don’t come back.”

Without warning, the floor rolled beneath her feet, and the door of the
key-hole flew open. A wail—something between that of a child and a wild animal—filled the room, which went instantly ice cold. Penelope fled to the safety of Sam’s arms until the floor leveled out again, and the air lost its chill in the sudden silence.

Sam looked down at her. “I guess you told her.”

Penelope buried her face in his chest. “That didn’t happen…did it?”

“Nah, didn’t happen, Nell.” He hugged her. “Let’s go home.”

Look for more Penelope Pembroke Cozy Mysteries coming soon to Amazon. 

Book 3:
The Feed Store Floozy

A former Amaryllis resident returns to open an antique store in a building which has had many lives, including a saloon/parlor house, but Pene
lope and the other residents of the town aren’t counting on the murder and mayhem
he brings with him.

Book 4:
 
The Possum Hollow Hullabaloo

Penelope keeps the B&B slick as a whistle, but when the secrets of a forgotten
community set back in the woods begin to leak out, she finds herself in the middle of a mess she can’t clean up.

Book 5:
 
The Larcenous Legacy

The new priest of St. Hyacinth’s brings a breath of fresh air to the parish, but something about an ordination gift from his immigrant grandfather is rattling the bones of evil past and present.

Book 6: 
Sam’s Last Stand

Tiny the biker, aka Sam, is back again, and Penelope is head over heels in love—but if Sam can’t let go of his dark past, they have no future.

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http://www.thepenelopepembrokecozymysteryseries.yolasite.com