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It's Grandpa Clem. And he didn't      die of a heart attack: he was murdered. Possibly      by someone who wants to control the inn. Because it's not a normal      bed \u0026amp; breakfast: it's a portal between the      land of the living and the realm of the dead. A hotel for ghosts      passing onto the afterlife.         With the help of her skeptical brother, Caleb, and their new ghost-obsessed      neighbor, Teddy, Lila must uncover her grandfather's      killer AND stop the evil spirits desperate to make their      way back into the human world.               A groundbreaking, spooky new series that allows readers to talk      to ghosts and help to solve the mystery themselves!      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