Dark Twilight (Dark Journeys Series)

Dr. Harper Paget returns to China with the ashes of a lady-friend who died in the USA and resumes teaching in universities as he did before. He meets new friends and new students, including Dr. Brady Simon, a media professor from Canada. He also encounters Christabel, an unusual lady who gave him up for a French colleague before but who wants to keep in contact with him. In fact, she does visit him once in his campus apartment.

SMSs turn out to be not only a method for Harper to communicate ...