The Grub-And-Stakers House a Haunt — Alisa Craig

A GRAVE SITUATION

Normally not one to be spooked by a specter, spunky widow Zilla Trott is nevertheless unnerved when the ghost of long-dead mule driver Hiram Jellyby appears in he kitchen -- demanding that someone disinter his murdered bones and his lost cache of gold…while liberally availing himself of his haunted hostess' liquor supply.

A good, old-fashioned conundrum is the bread-and-butter of the Lobelia Fall's Grub-and-Stake Gardening and Rowing Club. And now, before gold fever turns their town topsy-turvy, they must unravel the century-old riddle of the grizzled ghostly guzzler's demise -- not to mention solve the modern mystery behind innkeeper Hedrick Snarf's recent penchant for purple silk socks.