It's a mystery and a ghost story, all wrapped up in one.
A newly married couple buys an old house in a small lakeshore town in West Michigan and finds it haunted by the dramatic secrets of its past inhabitants. As the couple settles in, disturbing events prompt them to investigate who those residents were, what happened to them, and why one spirit remains active. Could the Spanish influenza epidemic in the region, which resulted in the deaths of an unprecedented number of young, healthy adults in Michigan and elsewhere in 1918—19, and the resulting slew of orphans, have something to do with the spirit now haunting their house? They are determined to discover the truth about their house, even if it jeopardizes their own safety.
- ISBN13 9780472036097
- Publish Date 30 August 2014 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 September 2024
- Publish Country US
- Imprint The University of Michigan Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 277
- Language English