

Miwako Shimizu- She's the receptionist at the Ryokan Hiei. It's up to Nancy, with a little help from her best friends, a mysterious author and her quirky assistant, to solve this very spooky mystery! The Ryokan Hiei is said to be haunted by Miwako and Yumi's mother, who died from drowning in the baths. But it takes a lot more than that to frighten our Nancy! While Bess and George are at the convention looking at the new gizmos and gadgets, Nancy is trying to solve a ghostly mystery at night while she teaches English during the day (I enjoy grading their papers). Even the people that go there because of that very reason, are so scared that they end up leaving. The Inn has a bad reputation for being haunted. Krolmeister (from Trail of the Twister) has made good on his promise to send Nancy and her friends to his favorite traditional Japanese Inn or Ryokan in Kyoto.
