Kindred Spirits

Kindred Spirits is the sequel to The Write House. The year is 1946, and twenty-five years have passed since Delano and Caroline Engel discovered the magical Book of Tamberg in a hidden room in their Victorian mansion. That great sentient tome had the ability to have words magically appear on its blank pages. Its words provided guidance to the Engels that allowed them to save their kidnapped baby, Aurora.

Now Aurora is twenty-six years old and happily married to Ben Witt. Their wealthy family has established a charitable trust with $25,000,000, and when that money is stolen, all of the fingers point to Ben as the thief. In truth, it's a rogue NATO general and a troupe of nasty Russians who forced him into the theft. Like the Book of Tamberg, the sentient old Virtue school bell now provides magical guidance to the Engel Family to outsmart the Russians, save Ben Witt's reputation, and get the money returned. This supernatural mystery is set in Greencastle, Indiana, with travels to Belgium, Mexico, and Door County, Wisconsin.

During his adult life Stuart Fabe has enjoyed a couple of meaningful careers, but none more personally fulfilling than being a storyteller. He began his professional life in the early 1970s working with delinquent and at-risk children who appeared before the Hamilton County JuvenileCourt. He then focused on organizing and conducting successful fundraising campaigns for vital organizations such as Cincinnati Children's Hospital, the Jewish Hospital, and the Cincinnati Zoo. He helped raise millions of dollars over a span of twenty-five years.Throughout the decades that he raised charitable funds, Stuart always maintained a photographic darkroom where he escaped the rigors of his daily work to print fine art photographs that he exhibited at art shows and galleries primarily throughout the Midwest.In 2005 he moved away from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Putnam County, Indiana, to concentrate on creating art full-time, including intricate weaving on hardshell gourds, and photographing the Milky Way and the night sky. It wasn't until ten years ago, however, that he began writing suspense novels in a serious way. He readily admits that the first few stories weren't his best work, but he was fascinated by doing research for his books and creating compelling stories with fascinating characters.Kindred Spirits is a sequel to The Write House and is his ninth novel in ten years. He enjoys the solitude of living in the bucolic countryside near Greencastle with his life-partner, Marla, and together they contribute to the health and well-being of their family, their community, and their animals and friends.