Kelvin McCloud and the Seaside Storm

Kelvin McCloud and the Seaside Storm — page 3 — Table of Contents Chapter 1 The Weather Detective Chapter 2 The Sleetstone Case Chapter 3 The Silver Barometer Chapter 4 The Sandy Run Inn Chapter 5 The Dead Man’s Estate Chapter 6 Cooks Salmons and Rosenblooms Chapter 7 The Hotel at Night Chapter 8 The Light in the Yard Chapter 9 The Black Mark Chapter 10 Letters in the Study 1 9 17 23 31 41 55 68 81 94 Chapter 11 Isabel and Eugene 103

Kelvin McCloud and the Seaside Storm — page 4 — Chapter 12 Deeper and Deeper Chapter 13 The Alleys of Sandy Run 117 136 Chapter 14 The Sandy Run Lighthouse 144 Chapter 15 The Storm Chapter 16 Detective Work Chapter 17 Dinner and Stories Chapter 18 A Fire for the Dead Chapter 19 Mr Wrightly’s Shadow Chapter 20 What the Clues Reveal Chapter 21 Hailstones 155 163 178 189 199 206 218 Chapter 22 The Woman from New York 230 Chapter 23 Not an End but a Beginning 239

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Kelvin McCloud and the Seaside Storm — page 6 — Chapter One The Weather Detective The hairs on Henry Alabaster’s arms bristled when he heard the sound outside his bedroom door that night It was one long quiet creak like an old stair complaining under too much weight Henry looked up from the photo in his hands The small lamp on his desk didn’t illuminate much more than him and the crumpled white sheets over his raised knees leaving the door on the near wall in partial darkness Somewhere outside the long creak petered out Was it his uncle No the occasional purr of snoring continued down the hall Henry set the picture frame back on his desk returning his missing parents to their usual spot Beside their two smiling faces the dim numbers of Henry’s spaceship alarm clock radiated the time two fourteen a m Henry clicked off the lamp and slid his legs out of bed touching down gingerly on his toes 1

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