The Ghost in the Yellow Slicker: A Thriller
A ghost in a yellow slicker appears only when the storms come.
And this time, he is not haunting the library to frighten the living. He is trying to save them.
When reporter Evie Clarke enters the old Park City Library during a violent mountain storm, she expects a local ghost story, maybe a strange sound, maybe a shadow in the wrong place.
What she finds is far harder to explain.
Wet footprints cross locked archive rooms. A figure in a bright yellow slicker appears in flashes of lightning, dripping rainwater onto dry floors before vanishing into the dark. And hidden among the library's forgotten records is the name of a man Park City tried to erase:
Henry "Hank" Miller.
Decades earlier, Hank was a miner who died after a catastrophic flood in the tunnels beneath the old Miner's Hospital, the same building that now serves as the library. Local legend says he was a guardian spirit. The surviving documents suggest something worse: Hank may have died saving other men, only for powerful families and mining interests to bury the truth with hush money, missing records, and official silence.
As Evie digs deeper, the haunting grows stronger.
So does the danger.
With the help of Danny Hughes, the library archivist, and Savannah Pierce, a museum curator with access to long-buried historical files, Evie uncovers a hidden trail of ledgers, medical notes, sealed tunnels, and old maps. The evidence points to a deadly secret still waiting beneath Park City: unstable lower works, trapped water, and a flood barrier that should never be disturbed.
But developer Colton Maddox has plans of his own.
His company is pushing to reopen sections of the old mines under the promise of jobs, heritage tourism, and prosperity. The more Evie learns, the clearer it becomes that Maddox's project may awaken the same disaster that killed Hank Miller nearly a century ago.
And someone is willing to destroy every record that proves it.
Museum files are stolen. Archive rooms are ransacked. Intruders stalk the library during storms. As the rain worsens and the ground below Park City begins to shift, Evie realizes Hank's ghost is not simply reliving his death.
He is warning them.
If Evie cannot expose the truth in time, the city may repeat the tragedy it once covered up, and Hank Miller's sacrifice will be buried all over again.
The Ghost in the Yellow Slicker is a tense paranormal mystery filled with buried secrets, small-town danger, storm-soaked suspense, and one restless spirit who refuses to let the living forget the cost of greed.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
Atmospheric ghost storiesParanormal mysteries with emotional stakesSmall-town secrets and buried scandalsHaunted libraries, old hospitals, and forgotten archivesStormy suspense with a strong investigative threadGhosts who are more tragic than evilMysteries rooted in history, greed, and justiceSome secrets stay buried.
Some rise with the rain.
And some ghosts will not rest until the truth is brought into the light.
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