Who Killed the Ghost in the Library: A Ghost writer Mystery by Teresa Watson

going to do: continue to investigate Stanley’s death. I can’t help that it appears the two might overlap.”
    “What about the ‘sharing information’ garbage?”
    “That wasn’t garbage. It is against the law to impede an official police investigation. If I learn something that will help him, I’ll share. I just didn’t say when I would share the information.”
    Randy laughed and shook his head. “Very devious of you.”
    “Thank you. Could you call Jo and ask her a question for me?”
    He pulled out his phone and dialed. “What’s the question?”
    “Ask her how to ghost proof my house.”
    “Excuse me? Hi Jo, it’s Randy. Hold on a second.” He put his phone against his leg. “What do you mean ‘ghost proof your house’?”
    “Just ask her.”
    “Jo, Cam wants to know if there is any way to ghost proof her house.” He listened for a minute. “She wants to know why you’re asking, too.”
    I told him what happened the night before, and he stood there with his mouth open for a moment before he relayed the message to Jo. “Ask her if she’d like to talk to a ghost.”

Chapter 15
    Two hours later, the three of us were standing on the front porch of the Ashton house. “ I don’t know how happy they are going to be with us dropping by unannounced,” I told them. “But I think it’s a good idea to catch Aggie off guard right now. Hopefully we’ll get some answers.” I glanced over at Jo, who looked so excited she could hardly control herself. “I know this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for you, but I would appreciate it if they didn’t know exactly who you are. I’ll just tell them that you two are helping me with research.”
    “I understand,” she replied, “but I do hope that at some point, I’ll be able to ask him some questions.”
    “I’ll see what I can do,” I said, knocking on the door.
    Aggie definitely didn’t look happy to see us. “ Miss Camille, did we have an appointment scheduled for tonight?”
    “No ma’am,” I said, “but I was hoping we could talk to you and Stanley for a few minutes. We’ve come across some information that we’d like to go over with you.”
    She looked over my shoulder at Randy and Jo, then nodded and stepped aside to let us in. She led us to the library, where Stanley was seated at his desk. “Miss Shaw, what a pleasant surprise,” he said, rising to his feet. “And you brought guests, how nice.”
    “This is Randy Cross and Jolanda Williams. They’re helping me do some research regarding your…situation. Randy, Jo, I’d like to introduce you to Stanley Ashton III and Agatha Foley.” Randy said hello, but Jo just stood there with her mouth hanging open until I elbowed her in the ribs. “I hope you don’t mind our dropping by unannounced. We have some questions to ask you and Aggie.”
    “Not a problem,” he replied. “Please, have a seat. Would you like some refreshments? A drink or something to eat? Aggie, is there any tea in the kitchen?”
    “I just made a batch of fresh sweet tea this afternoon, Mr. Stanley,” she said. “I’ll bring some for everyone.” She hurried off.
    “While she’s doing that, you and I are going to set some ground rules,” I told him.
    “Regarding what?”
    “ Don’t come to my house ever again.”
    “I’m certain I have no idea what you’re referring to.”
    “And I’m certain you’re full of it, and you know exactly what I’m talking about.”
    He smiled. “It is possible I might know. It was just a little harmless fun. Did I scare you?”
    “More like annoyed me,” I said. “Just how long have you been able to leave the house?”
    “I really don’t have much sense of time,” he replied, “but I’ve been able to come and go for quite some time.”
    “I got the impression from Aggie that you never left the house.”
    “I’ve never mentioned my outings to her. There are some things I keep to myself.”
    “Well, keep yourself out of my house. That’s off limits,