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44                                House Number Twenty-Nine








             House Number Twenty-Nine






                                         by William S Peckham





                                                                                             House Number  Twenty-nine is a
                                                                                             mystery with a touch of the

                                                                                             paranormal. The story follows Sean

                                                                                             Kennedy and his friend, best selling

                                                                                             author Stanley Renton, after the

                                                                                             restoration of 29 Livery Lane.
                                                                                             Together they write a book about

                                                                                             Sean’s experiences with apparitions

                                                                                             while restoring the century-old

                                                                                             house. They discover that three of

                                                                                             the former owners are still living,
                                                                                             so they invite them to the old house.

                                                                                             Stories are told and experiences are

                                                                                             shared… stories of a murder, an

                                                                                             attempted suicide, disbarment of a

                                                                                             lawyer, indiscretions of two
                                                                                             teenagers… even the fraud and

                                                                                             mishandling of corpses.  The co-

                                                                                             authors move forward with

                                                                                             research on the history of House
                                                                                             Number Twenty-nine.




                                                                                             Sean finalizes plans for a family

                                                                                             holiday to Boston, Los Angeles and

                                                                                             Disneyland.  Their flight from
                                                                                             Boston to Los Angeles is booked on

                                                                                             American  Airline’s Flight 11,

                                                                                             September 11, 2001.




           The Kennedy family survives the terrorist attack on New York City – a hit man bent upon
           revenge – a fiery attack on their family home and an intense, threatening interrogation by

           CCIS.




             Sean and Stanley write the novel about 29 Livery Lane. It becomes a best seller and the
           two friends continue to co-write until Stanley’s death.







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