Wuthering Frights

What happened to Grendle The Shopkeeper?
Narrowly missing a splat of ectoplasm - or Bernard, as he was more commonly known - Ronnie entered the shop to the clanging of the little silver bell.
His brow furrowed as he absently scratched his cheek. Grendle the shopkeeper always came out after the tolling of the first bell. Always.
Later on, the local press interviews the Skullenian residents after an incident at the fountain: a happy young couple has discovered a cadaver while taking a moonlit stroll through the cemetery.
What links the strange events? Is anything else going to happen? Can I write any more of this nonsense without giving the game away?
Someone's going to have find out what's going on, and in Skullenia that can only mean one thing: Ollie and the boys have another puzzle to solve.
This is the large print edition of Wuthering Frights, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.