The Haunted Inkwell

<p>St. Grimald priory is now free of invasive ghosts and everyone's attention turns to entertaining Felicity Smedley Prudence Honeysett's witch-like best friend. Under her gentle guidance Freddy grows even more as a gifted medium and takes it upon himself to work on things outside priory walls. But while practice makes perfect it also leads Freddy down an unexpected road involving a ghostly mother's plea. The encounter reopens wounds from the recent past and darkens his idyllic life under his aunt's ever-watchful and protective eye.</p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile Jonathan Beverly's efforts at clearing out his late uncle's hoard unearths an old inkwell one that comes with its own genie-like ghost. And not just any ghost at that—Mr. Murgatroyd is an obnoxious busybody a terrible gossip and family chronicler who's determined to annoy the staid Mr. Beverly to distraction with endless accounts of the family's history of wild living.</p><p> </p><p>And all that in addition to escalating family drama in the Bisset household forcing Antigonous to reach out for help from Prudence Felicity and the ever-despairing Linford his unfortunate firstborn.</p><p> </p><p>The dust hasn't quite settled yet as more madcap adventures are recounted in letters and journal entries in this installment of Ghosts and Tea.</p>