Jimmie thinks there's something vaguely familiar about his elderly neighbor Gladys, but he can't quite put his finger on it. "Well, don't believe everything you think " she tells him. But Gladys isn't just Jimmie's neighbor, she's the sister of Jack Baker, Jimmie's mysterious friend from Totem Cove. Eventually, Gladys gives Jimmie an unfinished manuscript called A Pilot's Venture, the book Jack Baker was working on just before he died. Before long, Jimmie is inspired to finish writing the story himself in The Ghost Writer: Don't Believe Everything You Think