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James M. McCracken
"Writing for me is like taking a mini-vacation that doesn't cost you anything and doesn't require hours of travel. When I am writing I get to see a different world filled with people/ characters who don't always cooperate with each other and at times even with me. It makes the whole experience interesting."


James M. McCracken began writing stories when he was a teenager and dreamed of someday becoming a published author.

After spending twenty years working for the telephone company, he wrote the first in a planned series of young reader mysteries inspired by his teen years spent in a seminary boarding school.

He retired early in 2002 and continued pursuing his writing. He currently lives in Redmond, Oregon.
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A Key. A Medal. A Warning. For young Charlie MacCready, life is one mystery after another. Left at his grandparents' home in the middle of the night when he was two, Charlie's mother said she would return for him. Ten years later, sent to Saint Michael's Abbey & Home for Boys by his uncle, Charlie finds himself in the center of another mystery. Awakened in the middle of the night, he hears a sound coming from the attic above his dorm. Together with his new friends Howard, Gus, and Rick, they set out to find The Ghost in the Attic.
THE GHOST IN THE ATTIC
A CHARLIE MACCREADY MYSTERY BOOK ONE

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Life for young Charlie MacCready is one mystery after another. Haunted by nightmares, Charlie sees someone following him, lurking in the shadows. Is it real or just his imagination? When his friends are attacked, the finger of blame begins to point at Charlie. He must act fast to prove his innocence. Alone, he must find the Shadows in the Dark.
SHADOWS IN THE DARK
A CHARLIE MACCREADY MYSTERY BOOK TWO

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A Map. A Butte. A Warning. As Charlie's third summer begins, there is another mystery in the air. Where there's smoke . . . Someone is setting fires. Can Saint Michael's Abbey & Home for Boys escape its past or are they doomed to repeat it? Join Charlie and Howard as they set out to find the real pyromaniac and silence the Sirens in the Night.
SIRENS IN THE NIGHT
A CHARLIE MACCREADY MYSTERY BOOK THREE

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