Discover the first four tales of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series, now available in one spooky bind-up!

Meet Desmond Cole, a fearless eight-year-old who runs his own ghost patrol, looking for ghosts, monsters, and mischief-makers everywhere! His unlikely partner in crime, Andres Miedoso, is scared of everything, but the best friends know sticking together is the best way to face down the creepy things in their town.

In these four books, join Desmond and Andres as they explore a haunted house, chase after a ghost on wheels, encounter scaly Mersurfers at the beach, and even find a zombie zookeeper!

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

This spine-tingling paper-over-board bind-up includes:
The Haunted House Next Door
Ghosts Don’t Ride Bikes, Do They?
Surf’s Up, Creepy Stuff!
Night of the Zombie Zookeeper

Mermaid You Look

by Andres Miedoso

Published 19 July 2022
There’s trouble brewing of mythic proportions, making the residents of Kersville go mer-mad, in this sixteenth adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!

Something is fishy at the Kersville Aquarium and it’s not just the fish. Okay, it is the fish, but there’s a bigger mystery lurking in the water. It’s slimy. It’s sneaky. And it sings an eerie song so strong that no one ever escapes!

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

A Troll Lot of Trouble

by Andres Miedoso

Published 4 October 2022
The team gets into a troll lot of trouble in this seventeenth spooky adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!

There’s something grumpy, super stinky, and crawling with bugs underneath the stone bridge in Kersville—and it’s NOT one of the kids from town. Now if anyone crosses the bridge, they either answer three riddles…or they pay the troll toll.

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.


There’s no job too spooky, icky, or risky for Desmond Cole and his best friend, Andres Miedoso, in this scary four-book collection of books thirteen through sixteen!

Welcome to Kersville, a town with a spooky history and a collection of ghosts and monsters who are major mischief-makers. Follow best friends Desmond and Andres as they find a homework-sucking vampire, run far away from the I Scream Man, fight a very sticky bubble gum blob, and nearly find themselves hypnotized by the Kersville Aquarium mermaid!

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

This scary four-book paperback boxed set includes:
The Vampire Ate My Homework
Who Wants Ice Scream?
The Bubble Gum Blob
Mermaid You Look