It’s June 21st at last — the official publication date of Historic Hauts of the Long Beach Peninsula! The books are on the shelves of your nearest booksellers! On the Peninsula, those outlets include Time Enough Books, the gift shops at the Cape D Interpretive Center and the North Head Lighthouse and the Heritage Museum in Ilwaco; BOLD and the Cranberry Museum in Long Beach; Adelaide’s in Ocean Park.
Also, of course, through Amazon, but I urge you to support our local booksellers — and, besides, I do better financially when you buy from the places I supply. (Is this called full disclosure?) I make close to a dollar a book if you buy from the stores I’ve listed, but only a few cents per book from other outlets. Just sayin’…
But… more importantly, I’m hoping for feedback — especially from local readers. The very first story in the book, for instance, is about the cadre (Yes! Cadre!) of ghosts at the erstwhile Lamplighter Restaurant. My question: After you have read the information about each of these persistent spirits, where do you think they’ve gone (or have they?) now that the restaurant is closed?
Another question is one I, myself, posed in the continuing saga of Mrs. Crouch — the ghost Nyel and I have lived with for twenty-plus years. The question is the title of the story, itself: “Closure for Mrs. Crouch?” I’m interested in knowing what readers think about the additional information concerning the suspect in her murder — if, indeed, it was a murder. And does that information provide answers for Sarah Crouch that will satisfy her after all these years?
Or… does the book pose still more unknowns? Should I be starting yet a third book about the ghosts here at the beach? I’m eager for your input after you’ve read Historic Haunts of the Long Beach Peninsula. (But please don’t give anything away to those who have not yet read it! Message me or email me privately with any revealing thoughts! But “book reviews” and encouragement to other potential readers would be great!)