SETTING FOR LITERARY ADVENTURE. TED: CHATHAM WITH ITS OYSTER SEALS AND SEA VIEWS IS A PAYMENT -- FAVORITE STOMPING GROUND FOR CAPE COD TOURIST YEAR-ROUND. WHAT BETTER FOR VISITING WHEN THE SIX PRISTINE BEACHES THAT MAKE UP THE ELBOW THAN A GOOD READ FROM YELLOW UMBRELLA BOOKS. >> OLDER BOOKS UP TOP. TED: THE OWNER HAS RUN THE STORE FOR 43 YEARS AND REMAINS HUMBLE ABOUT HIS SUCCESS. >> PEOPLE OF THE STORE AND I LOVE PUTTING BOOKS IN PEOPLE’S HANDS. TED: REAL PAPER BOOKS, LITERAL PAGE TURNER’S FOR WHICH HE BELIEVES THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE. >> MANY PEOPLE HAVE GONE BACK TO BOOKS. YOU RETAIN THINGS BETTER’S WEN YU -- BETTER WHEN YOU READ A BOOK. >> THE MODEST INSIDE, THE NARROW AISLES SHELVE MANY OF DOG MAN FOR THE KIDS, CLASSICS LIKE MOBY DICK AND A TREASURE TROVE OF TITLES SET UP AND DOWN THE CAPE FROM THE SHOULDER TO THE FEST. >> I MAKE A POINT, KEEPING IN STOCK MANY BOOKS ABOUT CAPE COD. I HAVE TWO FIRST ADDITIONS ABOUT -- OF THE OUTERMOST HOUSE. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOKS ABOUT CAPE COD EVER WRITTEN. TED: THE AUTHOR DIED IN 1968 HAD HE LIVED A BIT YOUNGER HE WOULD HAVE NO DOUBT LANDED AT THE AUTHORS TABLE IN FRONT OF THE YELLOW UMBRELLA. IT HAS BECOME A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR LOCAL AUTHORS TO SIGN THE LATEST WORK. >> MARY HIGGINS CLARK CAME HERE AT LEAST 10 TIMES. >> ONCE EVEN LINDER HIMSELF TOOK THE SEAT OF HONOR WHEN PROMOTING HIS BOOK OF POETRY. THE BLUE IN THE EYE OF THE GIRL ELLACOYA. AUTOGRAPH COPIES ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN-HOUSE. JUST ASK. >> I AM ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE POETRY SECTION, PEOPLE ARE QUITE HAPPY WITH THE SIZABLE COLLECTION OF POETRY. >> JUST DOWN THE STREET IS THE WORLD FAMOUS CHATHAM BAR’S INN. IT HAS A LOT OF HISTORY, MAKING IT THE PERFECT PLACE TO -- WITH TIES A MAJOR HISTORY OF ZONE. >> MY -- HIS OWN, MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS WOUNDED, HE IMMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, GREAT-GRANDFATHER ON THE AMERICAN SIDE WAS CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, WE HAVE WAR ON THE FAMILY AND IS WAS AN INTERESTING. >> AND BETWEEN 13 INTEREST WAS TRANSLATED INTO HIS NOVEL, TITUS , HISTORICAL FICTION SET IN THE CIVIL WAR, ALTHOUGH HE NEVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY HIMSELF. BEING RAISED ON MILITARY BASES AS THE SON OF A U.S. SUBMARINER AND AN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY NURSE FOR QUITE A FEW ADVENTURES. >> 1958 I GOT ACCIDENTALLY TEARGAS IN A RIGHT THAT TOOK PLACE IN PANAMA CITY. I WROTE NOVEL CALLED FLOREZ. >> MUCH OF HIS FICTION IS BORN FROM THE FACTS IS VERY COLORFUL LIFE. WHEN HE FOLLOWED HIS GIRLFRIEND, NOW WIFE OF 42 YEARS AND NEEDS TO THE NORTHEAST GREAT SEASIDE FICTION WAS NOT FAR BEHIND. >> CHATHAM AND THE IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO GET INSPIRATION FOR STORIES. I’VE BEEN RUNNING MY BOAT PAST THE WILDLIFE REFUGE. THEY HAVE A TOUR, THE SPEAKERS SAID SOME RESEARCHERS THINK THE SCHEEPERS HOUSE IS HAUNTED. --THE KEEPER’S HOUSE IS HAUNTED, I WANTED TO KNOW MORE. TURNED OUT THERE WAS A HUGE COMMUNITY AT THE END OF THE ISLAND, THERE WAS RUMORS OF MURDER GOING ON DOWN THERE. IT DID NOT TAKE LONG TO PUT TOGETHER A STORY CALLED A WHISPER CAME. >> IT IS MUCH MORE THAN A TYPICAL WHODUNIT. >> AT THINK THE BEST BOOKS -- I THINK THE BEST BOOKS OF THE GENRE MOVE ALONG QUICKLY AND YOU HAVE MOMENTUM. TED: FOR THEM, WRITING IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. >> MY WIFE AND I WORK TOGETHER, SHE IS TERRIFIC FOR AT POINTING OUT CHARACTER FLAWS AND PROBLEMS IN CONTINUITY. >> THE PARTNERSHIP WAS ON FULL DISPLAY WHEN COMPLETING ANOTHER CHATHAM INSPIRED NOVEL. >> SHE CRIED TWICE AT THE ENDING. THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. IT MET THE DENISE TEST. SHAYNA: HIS LATEST BOOK RIVER OF LIES IS THE FOURTH IN A SERIES ABOUT A FICTIONAL CIA AGENT DENNIS CUNNINGHAM. THE NAME DENNIS IS IN HONOR OF HIS WIFE AND COLLABORATOR. HE SAYS ON THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE FEATURED IN THIS WORKS FOR THE WAYS ASKS