A young journalist walked, in a bit of frenzy for fear of tardiness, into a jovially Ruby Tuesday on a Wednesday evening, hours into the twilight. When one first meets TJ Perkins, you are immediately enthralled by her sheer enthusiasm and love for a hobby in which she has woven quite a talent, working diligently as she crafts it into the finest of tools.

TJ Perkins, a children’s book author and local, has a five star rating, with the newfound success of her book “Mystery of the Attic.” Melissa, the 13 year old main character, moves into a 19th century farmhouse, in which she finds haunted by two different ghosts. With a bit of help from her step sister they delve deep into the mystery, working to solve an unsolvable crime, but there are many evil attempts, trying to prevent these two sleuths from uncovering the truth. “It’s a race against time and a battle of wits to see which will prevail-the living or the dead.”

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