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Book SynopsisJune 13, 1886, in the new city of Vancouver, fifteen-year-old Noble enters the office of the Northwest Timber Company in a hand-me-down suit. He tries to pass for a man fit to work on a logging crew. A spark from a brush fire ignites the wooden building. The office and much of the city are incinerated. Noble too is caught in the fire.More than a hundred years later, while on vacation in Mexico, Sean Hughes finds a message on the beach. Back in Vancouver, the messages continue and become more ominous. Sean is convinced that his apartment is haunted by malevolent spirits. Mandy, his neighbor, is certain that the messages are a plea for help. Sean and Mandy's determination to decipher the messages leads to questions of trust and betrayal, loneliness and forgiveness. The answers they find will challenge them to believe that hope can outlast death.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: A “Vacation without Regret” Chapter 2: Trouble Is Sure to Find Those Who Run from It: Lucky Numbers 45, 62, 21, 11, 15 Chapter 3: Purging Hope Chapter 4: Summon Me Mary Chapter 5: “Plenty of Guts for a Skinny Boy” Chapter 6: Antonio’s Chapter 7: Expired, Like Me Chapter 8: “Only Single Young Women of Good Character and References Need Apply” Chapter 9: Out of Sight . . . Chapter 10: Opportunity Ignored Is Seldom Yours Again: Lucky Numbers 87, 22, 5, 55, 13 Chapter 11: Missing Fillings Chapter 12: Reh Nommusnu Chapter 13: Like a Pair of Flushed Grouse Chapter 14: Something Strange to Call Fatherly Chapter 15: A Promise Chapter 16: Girlfriend’s Orders Chapter 17: “You Are the Man and You Have To Be the Practical One” Chapter 18: Gavin Chapter 19: “Don’t Worry; I’m a Nurse” Chapter 20: Easy Money Chapter 21: Grandpa’s Ashes Chapter 22: “First My Friends, I Need to Explain Something to You” Chapter 23: “Even You Noble?” Chapter 24: “It’s About Time!” Acknowledgments Ghost-ary
