The Phantom Photographer

The ultimate security challenge. The ghost that shouldn't be there. The crime that defied the deed. Celie and Rhys have successfully defended the Bayou Bouffant, turning the estate's ghostly inhabitants into their ultimate security system. Now, they're leveraging their fame by hosting the Antebellum Ball, an exclusive, high-security charity fundraiser drawing wealthy, powerful, and eccentric guests. Every inch of the property is watched by cameras, and the Spectral Posse patrols the grounds. Yet, during the Ball, a priceless Civil War-era diamond necklace—on loan from a U.S. Senator—vanishes from a sealed, biometric display case. The theft is impossible: no alarms triggered, no camera malfunction, and no human breach. The only clue is a single, shimmering, ethereal photograph of the necklace, taken moments before it disappeared by a new ghost named Elara. Celie soon realizes the audacious thief, Security Chief Gus Hemlock, cleverly used Elara's involuntary phasing ability to steal the necklace and access a secret blackmail document hidden within its setting. With Rhys's legal reputation and the estate's funding on the line, Celie must unite her full team—from Buzz's digital tracking to Elara's spectral photography—to force the document back into the spectral light and expose the traitor who planned the perfect, phantom crime.