"A mysterious letter hidden for over a century reveals a long-lost truth: In 1843, Charles Dickens wrote one of the most famous ghost stories of all time. A novel of yuletide redemption that has echoed through the ages. But Dickens harbored a dark secret, revealed only to his best friend in a long-lost letter. He didn't just write the book: He lived it. A house that should not exist: When John Decker finds the letter hidden inside a rare first edition, he can't resist following in the famous author's footsteps to Boston, which Dickens visited almost two centuries before. There, he discovers a strange and ghostly house within which lurk the secrets of his past, and the terrifying shadows of his future. Only one way out: Now, trapped inside this impossible house, Decker must face his demons. Because if he doesn't, he and Nancy might be trapped there forever."--