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AMETHYST DREAMS

BY PHYLLIS A WHITNEY

Synopsis:

Suspense thriller. Holly Knight is summoned to Nick Trent's dying
bedside to help him cope with the mysterious disappearance of his
granddaughter Susan. Holly and Susan were the best of friends in
college and Susan had few friends. Nick Trent has a final request of
Holly--find out what really happened to Susan. He suspects she was
murdered. There are many suspects on the island of Topsail and a
mysterious Pirate's Pit. There is also a legend that if one sleeps with
an amethyst near one's pillow one will dream vividly about an important
event--and Holly thinks she sees Susan in the amethyst. Is this some
sort of psychic link with the dead girl?

FOREWARD

I have sometimes thought that if I spread out a map of the United
States, blindfolded myself, and took a pin to pick out any spot on the
map, I would find a wonderful place to write about. Every location has
its special history and treasures that belong nowhere else. Topsoil
Island was just such a pinprick on a map, discovered because I was led
there by chance.

When I was collecting the background material for Daughter of the Stars,
the last person I met in Harpers Ferry (and almost didn't meet at all)
was Kate Plchle. She and her husband were about to move to Hempstead,
North Carolina, and I said in parting, "Tell me if you find an
interesting locality I might write about." Later, when they'd settled
in, she suggested nearby Topsail Island as a possibility. My daughter
and son-in-law drove me down from Virginia, and I could hardly have
found a richer speck of earth to use as a story background.

Something that often surprises me is how people know nothing about the
history of the place in which they live. The first thing on the island
to catch my interest on arrival was a square cement tower. There were
seven of these marching down the narrow strip of land that was Topsoil.
Inquiring about them, I was told by one resident that they had something
to do with the Coast Guard. You'll find out how wrong that was!

Fortunately, I found more knowledgeable people to help me. Kate and
David Richle had purchased a home on the mainland and bought a boat in
which they traveled the Topsail Sound. The sound is part of the
intracoastal waterway that offers boats clear passage all the way to
Florida. They had become fascinated by the beauties of these waters, so
rich with wildlife. I thank them both for becoming my eyes and ears for
places I could visit only in my imagination.