Richard Storm is passionate, hot-blooded, and running out of time.  Sophia Endering is cool, beautiful, and haunted by a centuries-old mystery.  Now the Hollywood filmmaker and the troubled young woman have come together in a race against the unbelievable, the unthinkable, and. . . The Uncanny. Richard Storm reached the top of his profession producing horror films based on classic English ghost stories.  Now, with his life beginning to unravel, Richard is searching for something to believe in.  Fleeing Hollywood for London, he embarks on a desperate quest: to find evidence that the great old stories bear some truth, that the human spirit lives on after death.   What he finds is Sophia, a woman caught in a nightmare more chilling than any of his film horrors.  Propelled by a furious love, haunted by a terror he can barely confess to himself, Storm pursues Sophia through the labyrinth of her family's madness and their involvement in Nazi art thefts, down a trail formed by the classic ghost stories themselves--into the very heart of the uncanny.  .  .  . He's searching for the miraculous.  She's fighting to stay alive.  Together, they might just have a chance. . . . "Gripping...a modern ghost story...the results are exhilarating." --Chicago Tribune "Glamorous, eccentric and engrossing. . . .a sort of upscale X-Files. " --St. Petersburg Times (Fla.) "Entertaining." --The Orlando Sentinel "Klavan pulls out all the stops . . . .The suspense is high, the fun factor higher." --Publishers Weekly "Shrewd...Lively...Fun." --The Seattle Times He's searching for the miraculous. She's fighting to stay alive. Together, they might just have a chance. . . . "Gripping...a modern ghost story...the results are exhilarating." --Chicago Tribune "Glamorous, eccentric and engrossing. . . .a sort of upscale X-Files. " --St. Petersburg Times (Fla.) "Entertaining." --The Orlando Sentinel "Klavan pulls out all the stops . . . .The suspense is high, the fun factor higher." --Publishers Weekly "Shrewd...Lively...Fun." --The Seattle Times Richard Storm is passionate, hot-blooded, and running out of time.  Sophia Endering is cool, beautiful, and haunted by a centuries-old mystery.  Now the Hollywood filmmaker and the troubled young woman have come together in a race against the unbelievable, the unthinkable, and. . . The Uncanny. Richard Storm reached the top of his profession producing horror films based on classic English ghost stories.  Now, with his life beginning to unravel, Richard is searching for something to believe in.  Fleeing Hollywood for London, he embarks on a desperate quest: to find evidence that the great old stories bear some truth, that the human spirit lives on after death.   What he finds is Sophia, a woman caught in a nightmare more chilling than any of his film horrors.  Propelled by a furious love, haunted by a terror he can barely confess to himself, Storm pursues Sophia through the labyrinth of her family's madness and their involvement in Nazi art thefts, down a trail formed by the classic ghost stories themselves--into the very heart of the uncanny.  .  .  . Richard Storm is passionate, hot-blooded, and running out of time. Sophia Endering is cool, beautiful, and haunted by a centuries-old mystery. Now the Hollywood filmmaker and the troubled young woman have come together in a race against the unbelievable, the unthinkable, and. . . "The Uncanny. Richard Storm reached the top of his profession producing horror films based on classic English ghost stories. Now, with his life beginning to unravel, Richard is searching for something to believe in. Fleeing Hollywood for London, he embarks on a desperate quest: to find evidence that the great old stories bear some truth, that the human spirit lives on after death. What he finds is Sophia, a woman caught in a nightmare more chilling than any of his film horrors. Propelled by a furious love, haunted by a terror he can barely confess to himself, Storm pursues Sophia through the labyrinth of her family's madness and their involvement in Nazi art thefts, down a trail formed by the classic ghost stories themselves--into the very heart of the uncanny. . . . Andrew Klavan, a two-time Edgar Award-winner, is the author of Don't Say a Word, The Animal Hour, and True Crime, among other novels. A glass shattered across the room and Storm, lifting his tragical eyes,  saw, though too late, a woman worth dying for. The book of ghost stories was still open in his hands. His lips were  still parted on the final phrase --crumbled to dust even as we gazed  upon it. But the phrase, the whole story, had been blown right out of  his mind. By the woman, by her beauty. Just the sight of her had brought  him from his chair to his feet. Which was pretty ridiculous when he came to think of it. What was he  going to do next? Leap into the air like a cartoon character--his tongue  out--his eyes hanging from their sockets on springs--the Valentine sha