Laying the Ghost
by Christina Jones
It’s Halloween, and Tyrone, the ghost of Mrs Pooh’s cottage in Merryleggs Lane, is getting rather upset with the village children trying to taunt him into materialising. Fed up with his attitude, Mrs Pooh enlists the help of white witches Bella and Donna, who get more than they bargain for when they force the old ghost to show himself …
Your Number’s Up
by Cara Cooper
Nasreen could have set her watch by the young man who bought a lottery ticket at her father’s shop every day, and when he starts to make conversation with her, she’s over the moon; this could be her chance to start a new life. Unfortunately, Fate has other ideas …
The Dark Night of Dawn
by Caroline Dunford
When Dawn reluctantly appears on a spooky reality TV dating show, she laughs at the clichéd, overblown sets and host – the only thing gruesome is her boorish date. So the last thing she expects is an unpleasant blast from the real-life past …
The Haunting of Anne Chambers
by Jane Risdon
Anne and Andrew are lovers. They’re also privateers – pirates – and they’re planning to run away together to a new life, after one last raid. But when Anne is knocked out cold, she comes around to find that the world that has changed disturbingly …
Uncle Henry
by Tricia Maw
Amy didn’t fancy the usual drill of sitting in the pub all night long on Halloween, but she’s pretty perturbed when her friends dare her to spend the night at a creepy old castle instead. But a dare’s a dare, and she can’t back down now …
Cemetery of the Two Princesses
by Marie Laval
Paulette’s father disappeared one night ten years ago, but her grandmother remains convinced that he’ll return. But Paulette’s mother has her doubts, and risks her mother-in-law’s wrath when she decides to remarry. When her mother suddenly becomes strangely ill, Paulette wonders just how far Grandmother would go to bring her only son home …
All Hallows
by Andrea Frazer
While most of the Market Darley police enjoy a welcome Halloween night off, crime doesn’t just stop because the jack-o-lanterns are lit! DS Carmichael’s trick-or-treating is interrupted and he joins DI Falconer in investigating the strange case of a man found dead with a hollowed-out pumpkin jammed over his head …
Curtains
by David Rogers
When love falls apart, and you’re driven to despair by betrayal, how long is too long to make your revenge last – how about eternity?
The Pumpkin Hacker
by Helena Fairfax
Clive is in deep trouble when the special Halloween game he promises to code for a scratchcard company proves beyond his skill. Desperate, he promises his daughter Rosalie will be able to solve the problem. Rosalie struggles all night but can’t make the program work, until a strange-looking cleaner offers to help– in exchange for one of the winning scratchcards …
Dead Ringer
by Bill Kitson
It’s All Hallows Eve in Lingfold village and two teenagers are up to something they shouldn’t be in the graveyard. But that’s soon forgotten about as a body is found – one that really shouldn’t be in that crypt! Who is he, and why was he killed?