“I figured out what it is,” he replied. “The thing that’s been bothering me for so long. The thing that’s wrong with the world.”
He pointed to the horizon. There was Black Creek Woods, whispering with mysteries. There was the radio tower, its pinprick red lights blinking in the growing dark. There was the peak of Piper Mountain, standing alone against the dimming night sky.
“There are no mountains in Indiana,” Grim said, and smiled like a great burden had been lifted off his shoulders.
Acknowledgments
This is the second book in a row I have to give the biggest thank-you to my agent, Louise Fury. Thank you for being so perceptive, and thank you for telling me it was okay to say no. It was exactly what I needed to know. I will never forget it.
Thank you to Kristin Smith—I hope this wasn’t too spooky for you—and all of Team Fury.
Thank you to Virginia Duncan, who provided me the time and space I needed to write this book; Katie Heit, once-assistant, now editor herself!; Sylvie Le Floc’h, amazing designer; and Tim Smith and his team of copyeditors. Big thank you to Chad W. Beckerman for the absolutely kickass cover art.
Thank you to my dad for patiently answering all (ALL) my questions about Indiana cops, laws, and prisons. Thank you to Darci Cole, Brett Werst, Marieke Nijkamp, and Rebecca Coffindaffer for reading the mess that was early drafts of this book and/or keeping me alive with talks of fantasy and science fiction and tabletop gaming. As always, thank you to Christina Bejjani for listening to my woes, talking to me about books and writing, and generally just being an awesome person. Thank you to Colin Dickey for writing Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places, the book that gave Addamsville its heart.
Thank you to Gus, the best boy, a paragon of dogs.
And finally, thank you to my parents and my siblings. You’re all jerks, and I love you.
About the Author
FRANCESCA ZAPPIA lives in central Indiana and is the author of Made You Up and the acclaimed Eliza and Her Monsters. When Francesca is not writing, she’s drawing her characters, reading, or playing video games. She also blogs about writing at www.francescazappia.com.
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This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used to advance the fictional narrative. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Zappia, Francesca, author.
Title: Now entering Addamsville / Francesca Zappia.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] | Summary: “Zora Novak is framed for a crime she didn’t commit—in a town obsessed with ghosts, will she be able to find the culprit and clear her name before it’s too late?”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019016991 | ISBN 9780062935274 (hardback)
Subjects: | CYAC: Psychic ability—Fiction. | Murder—Fiction. | Ghosts—Fiction. | Haunted places—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.Z36 Now 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019016991
Digital Edition OCTOBER 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-293529-8
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-293527-4
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