“Not yet,” Ryder said, shaking his head. “We’ve got the info out to our officers. They are doing their best.”

“Agents, too,” Axel said. “I’m going to head back in.” He hesitated. “It was a good thing you were here last night,” he told Dan.

“Yeah.”

“Katie should be in a safe house,” Axel said.

“This is a safe house if Monty remembers to leave the dogs out, Dan stays and you and I keep our people on it,” Ryder said.

“I wish she was somewhere else,” Dan said, shaking his head.

“Well, I don’t think he’ll come back to a place where he can’t just slip in and surprise an unarmed woman,” Ryder said.

“There’s no telling,” Axel said. He turned to Dan. “So I guess you’re going to stay close with Katie. What’s your plan?”

Dan smiled. “She’s a tour guide. We’ll tour.”

Axel nodded. “And look for the woman.”

“All right. I’m heading back to talk to the troops,” Ryder said. He lifted a hand as he left them and they nodded.

When he was gone, Dan added, “We’re going to be looking for two women. One living, and one dead. That was rude of Mabel to appear and say she was going to help and then disappear. Are ghosts always that rude?”

Axel grinned. “See if you can find her, too. She’s been prowling around, I’m sure. She has the luxury of not fearing for her life.”

Dan looked at the man he had worked with before and called a friend. He’d never known or suspected there was anything out of the ordinary about him. He knew they had often been referred to as the ghostbusters unit, but he’d assumed that was because they dealt with cases having to do with supposedly haunted houses and crimes where the bizarre came into play.

He’d never thought that...that they were ghostbusters. Except it didn’t sound as if the ghosts needed busting—their role was to help the living prevent more death.

“How do you just...deal with dead people?” Dan asked.

“Ah, well, I grew up knowing there was more,” Axel told him. “Maybe that makes it easier. It may not seem like it, but...well, it makes it easier to help sometimes. Hopefully you’ll find Mabel, and maybe she’ll have some insight.”

“One can only hope. It looks like the forensic team is wrapping up. I’m going to see if it’s all right to take the carriages and the mules out,” Dan said.

“I’ll be in touch, and I’m only ever a phone call away.”