The Skeleton Creek series is a young adult mystery series and ghost story written by best-selling American author Patrick Carman. The books record the adventures of local teens Ryan McCray and Sarah Fincher as they uncover of the history of their small town, Skeleton Creek, Oregon. More than a simple murder mystery, the protagonists’ investigation reveals a secret society, a conspiracy, and a history steeped in gold, greed, and corruption that spreads beyond the town and across the country.

The series consists of five transmedia novels. The print book includes Ryan’s first-person account of events as a written journal with dated entries and access passcodes for Sarah’s online video diaries, available for viewing at sarahfincher.com. A film trailer and overview of each novel is available at skeletoncreek.com.

The five-book series includes Skeleton Creek (2009), Skeleton Creek: The Ghost in the Machine (2009), Skeleton Creek: The Crossbones (2010), Skeleton Creek: The Raven (2011), Skeleton Creek: The Phantom Room (2014), and a companion book, Skeleton Creek Is Real: The Shocking Truth Revealed (2014). Unlike most series fiction, the first and second Skeleton Creek novels are a two-volume arc.