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The Girl with the Uninvited Ghost: Pandemonium Cozy Mystery #1

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Time 5h 23m

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A relics collector must uncover a family secret to solve a wizard's homicide before his apprentice's ghost drives her crazy indefinitely ... or she becomes the next murder victim.
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Mahogany, a human living in the magical town of Pandemonium, has taken a job collecting magical relics from deceased mythical and magical folk. While on a routine collection request, Mahogany finds the wizard and his apprentice assassinated and that the murderer is still in her house! Mahogany narrowly escapes the murderer with the help of her demon spider Bazgul to find the apprentice's ghost has followed her and is haunting her until she solves his murder.

With the help of her demon familiar and her new ghost, Mahogany breaks into police evidence to retrieve the enchanted objects before the Guild of Myth and Magic discovers that the relics have fallen into human hands. But Mahogany gets more than she bargained for when she uncovers a clue to her family's past that intrinsically links her to the murdered wizard. Now Mahogany must race to find the murderer before she becomes the next victim.
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