"Because when I go outside, I see dead people" (Chapter 1, p. 11).

"Well, yeah," I said. "He probably has something he needs us to do for him. He kicked off kind of suddenly, and there may be stuff, you know, he left unfinished. He came up to us because he wants our help" (Chapter 2, p. 13).

"So what was in that box you guys dug up" (Chapter 3, p. 20).

"When my stepfather finds Hector de Silva's rotting corpse" (Chapter 4, p. 37).

"Well, that's too bad. It's especially too bad considering the fact that now I guess I'm going to have to tell your supervisor about how you took my little brother off hotel property today without my parents' permission" (Chapter 5, p. 39).

"Susannah, I have been dead for a hundred and fifty years. I think I know what I am talking about. And I can assure you, this mystery about my death you...