Sparks and Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau return in this short story from Allison Montclair as their expansion into a new officeand acquisition of a new deskresults in unexplainable phenomena that can only mean that their new digs are haunted!
In London, 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Agency is off to a good start, and their early success means that Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge can now afford to expand into the long-empty office across the hall. And with that long-closed office comes some more professional furnitureincluding a partners desk from Harrods. But something is afoot in that officestrange noises at unusual hours, some of the furniture seemingly moved around and cleaned, all behind a locked door. The buildings janitor is convinced that this is proof that the office is haunted.
But Sparks and Bainbridge are not so sure thats the only, or even the correct, conclusion. Instead, they suspect theres something going on related to the locked partners desk and the long-closed office. With their detective hats on, Sparks and Bainbridge are determined to uncover the truth about the mystery of the haunted partners desk
or die trying?
