When seemingly ordinary mother and grandmother, Bertha Nolan, discovers a peculiar talent for receiving communications from deceased family members, her life takes an unexpected turn. Bertha’s journey to find long-lost family members leads through rural towns, abandoned graveyards, and the hidden corners of family history. With her usual blend of patience, curiosity, and the occasional nudge from helpful ghosts, Bertha hunts for the missing links — before they’re lost forever.

Relatively Haunted contains significant moments in Bertha’s life when the separation between the living and the dead all but disappears. Stories include: Bertha’s difficulties with her teenage daughter keep them worlds apart until help to bridge the gap arrives from beyond the grave, she is hired to delve into a family’s history when a scheming lawyer retains half an inheritance for a nonexistent heir, and a Colonial reenactor’s plea becomes urgent when she realizes he is not flesh and blood but a haunting echo of the past.

This three-volume collection of short stories chronicles unexpected encounters with the otherworldly. Full of heart, humor, and uncanny twists, these cozy tales contain surprising whispers from beyond that draw Bertha into mysteries that alter the way she sees herself, her family, and the afterlife.