The Secret in Phantom Forest

Kim & Kelly Mystery #2

by T.J. Perkins

Kelly reluctantly follows Kim on a camping trip into the mountains that line their small Colorado town of Creston. Eerie lights have been sighted there late at night and reports of people disappearing, along with rumors of a phantom lurking about, have police baffled. Kelly is completely intimidated but Kim is skeptical. However, she quickly changes her mind as, one by one, girls from their group begin to disappear. When Kelly falls prey, Kim gets on the case. She meets with Detective Eddie Bancroft and they team up to not only find their missing comrade, but to see if maybe there is more to their respective cases than meets the eye.

148 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 2004

About the author

TJ Perkins is a gifted and well-respected author in the mystery/suspense Pagan/fantasy genre. She is a certified Holistic Nutrition Coach and a Lifestyle Strategist. Her short stories for young readers have appeared in the Ohio State 6th Grade Proficiency Test Preparation Book, Kid’s Highway Magazine, and Webzine ‘New Works Review,’ just to name a few. She’s placed five times in the CNW/FFWA chapter book competition. Her short story of light horror for YA, The Midnight Watch, was published Oct 2007 by Demon Minds Magazine.

Finished works of her YA books are entitled: The Fire and the Falcon (which won two chapter book awards), 8 YA mysteries with Wild Badger Books, a 5 book fantasy series entitled Shadow Legacy, Silver Leaf Books, book 1 won an award. Four Little Witches, Schiffer Publishing, won the 2016 COVR Visionary Art Award, as well as The Healthy Witch 2019 along with oracle cards 2022.

Mystery of the Attic was made into a play by the Café Theater in NJ, Oct. 2005. TJ has had numerous short stories published in many anthologies 2016-2024.

Reviews

[David]

I liked how T.J Perkins gave a lot of details about how people were getting captured by the phantom and all of the mysterious things by the well.