Книга: Ken McGorry «GHOST HAMPTON»
Lyle Hall, Bridgehampton&39;s greediest lawyer, becomes the Hamptons&39; most unlikely historic-home preservationist when he launches himself into the paranormal world to save an abandoned Victorian mansion marked for demolition. Following a tragic car accident, it seems Lyle now has strange psychic power. Late one night he encounters the apparition of a Victorian-era girl who seems to be asking him to save her house, rumored to have been a brothel long ago. As if returning the favor, the girl shows Lyle a shocking vision: a headstone with the name of his daughter, a police detective, freshly inscribed. If this is to be believed, Georgie has four days to live. Lyle, who&39;s been recovering from the car crash and is currently in a wheelchair, decides he must save Old Vic, the town&39;s last Victorian mansion and reputed&34;haunted whorehouse,&34; from the wrecking ball. At the same time he must rekindle a relationship with his daughter. Georgie, a police detective working a case involving a dangerous drugs and prostitution gang, has no time for her batty father. And she harbors issues with him dating back 15 years to her mother&39;s (Lyle&39;s first wife) death. Convinced Georgie, like everyone else in town, won&39;t believe his story of haunting, let alone a predictive headstone, Lyle starts to crumble under the pressure. When his story of a ghost girl in an abandoned whorehouse gets out to the media, Lyle becomes a controversial cause celeb and attracts a tent cit... Формат: 152x220мм, 460 стр.
ISBN: 9780692866184 |
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