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Adele Clagett
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Category:
Mystery/Suspense
Publisher: MyGreyhound Publishing
ISBN-10: 1449516513
Type: Fiction
Pages: 210
Copyright: Dec 5, 2009
ISBN-13: 9781449516512
In the small Connecticut seaside town of Stuart Cove, David, a young ambitious professional takes a short leave of absence from his job at the New York Daily Press to settle his elderly aunt’s affairs after her death. On a visit to the Fishhook Pub, an old fisherman approaches David. This old man has a story to tell—a story about a lighthouse keeper named Danny and the loss of the fishing vessel, Seahawk. She went down during a storm back in 1956, but as the old man says, “That doesn’t tell the whole story.” David finds his life, and the lives of others, forever changed by this tale and the spirit of the Seahawk’s captain, Scott Spear.
Excerpt
As the afternoon wore on, the skies darkened, and it began to rain. It started lightly, but as night fell, it turned into a downpour.
“Where do you keep your candles, honey?” Betty asked while Helen rocked back and forth in the rocking chair trying to comfort Cynthia.
“They’re in the drawer of the hutch in the dining room.”
“It won’t be long before we lose electricity, I’m sure. Betty said, collecting the candles.
“And where are the matches?”
“Kitchen.”
Now, with a feeling of foreboding, Helen took Cynthia upstairs to their bedroom. As she approached the window, the lights went out. Holding Cynthia close, she looked out into the blackness, hoping to see the Seahawk. As she strained to catch sight of a vessel, the flashes of lightning allowed a glimpse, a hope of something out there, but then at next strike, it was gone.
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