The Case of the Phantom Footprints
(2026)(The fourth book in the Parker Sisters & the Talking Bunny series)
A Story by Cathlyn Sweets
It’s a theft that makes no sense.
When a priceless pair of Victorian boots vanishes from a locked display case in The Curious Cove antique shop, it leaves only a single, muddy footprint behind—one with a curious star-shaped pattern on its sole.
For shop owner Lily Parker and her telepathic rabbit, Sir Nibbles, this is just the beginning of a baffling mystery.
Soon, the same spectral footprints begin appearing all over Seafern Cove, materializing in private gardens and on library steps, only to vanish without a trace.
The phantom trail leads to the town’s historical society, where the ghostly walker has been accessing the sealed, hundred-year-old secrets of a powerful local family.
Following the disappearing prints, Lily and her pragmatic sister Rose are drawn into a tangled web of a contested inheritance, a desperate missing heir, and a ruthless law firm determined to keep the past buried.
The stolen boots are the key to unlocking a generational conspiracy of fraud and intimidation, and the person wearing them isn't just seeking justice—they're running for their life. To solve the riddle of the missing soles, Lily must connect the dots between past and present before the firm’s deadly threats make the mysterious walker disappear for good.
But in a town built on secrets, sometimes the only way to find the truth is to follow a ghost.
Genre: Mystery
When a priceless pair of Victorian boots vanishes from a locked display case in The Curious Cove antique shop, it leaves only a single, muddy footprint behind—one with a curious star-shaped pattern on its sole.
For shop owner Lily Parker and her telepathic rabbit, Sir Nibbles, this is just the beginning of a baffling mystery.
Soon, the same spectral footprints begin appearing all over Seafern Cove, materializing in private gardens and on library steps, only to vanish without a trace.
The phantom trail leads to the town’s historical society, where the ghostly walker has been accessing the sealed, hundred-year-old secrets of a powerful local family.
Following the disappearing prints, Lily and her pragmatic sister Rose are drawn into a tangled web of a contested inheritance, a desperate missing heir, and a ruthless law firm determined to keep the past buried.
The stolen boots are the key to unlocking a generational conspiracy of fraud and intimidation, and the person wearing them isn't just seeking justice—they're running for their life. To solve the riddle of the missing soles, Lily must connect the dots between past and present before the firm’s deadly threats make the mysterious walker disappear for good.
But in a town built on secrets, sometimes the only way to find the truth is to follow a ghost.
Genre: Mystery
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