Things That Go Bump in the Night

Re: The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly

Seymour holds a wake for Miss Todd in his new home, Miss Todd's former mansion. Later Penelope stays to help Seymour clean up and look for clues as to why the mansion is haunted. But she has had one too many Long Island Ice Teas at the wake so she decides to stay overnight at the mansion. Since she and Seymour and just friends, they sleep in separate bedrooms.

However they are both rudely awakened by sounds of a woman crying and a ghostly specter appears to them in the form of a man. They both high-tail it out of there as fast as they can. Seymour decides to stay at a local bed and breakfast.

Seymour buys his own ghost-detecting equipment since Spirit Zappers can't come out to his mansion for several months. However Penelope thinks there is a more logical explanation for all of this. She feels someone is trying to harm Seymour so they can take control of the old mansion for their own profit.