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A House of Ghosts
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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A House of Ghosts
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Summary
A gripping mystery with a classic feel: And Then There Were None meets The Silent Companions.
Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives.
At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons who were lost in the conflict. But as his guests begin to arrive, it gradually becomes clear that each has something they would rather keep hidden. Then, when a storm descends on the island, the guests will find themselves trapped. Soon one of their number will die.
For Blackwater Abbey is haunted in more ways than one....
An unrelentingly gripping mystery packed with twists and turns, A House of Ghosts is the perfect chilling listen this winter.
Critic reviews
"Almost unbearably creepy and beautifully written." (Liz Nugent, best-selling author of Lying in Wait)
"A splendid tale of wartime skullduggery, featuring both kinds of spooks - perfect fireside reading." (Mick Herron, CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning author of Dead Lions)
"Hugely enjoyable, A House of Ghosts has the bones of a taut thriller wrapped up in the gorgeous romance of its ghostly island setting." (Jane Casey)
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- Shelagh Barrington
- 05-12-21
excellent story
brilliant story with a strong female character !! The narrator was very good ,able to bring the different characters alive with his changes if voice .
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- Marple
- 23-11-18
A Winter Cracker
A great book and listen. I don't usually enjoy books with war as a subject matter but this was so much more and I'm glad I gave it a go. There's wonderful characters, intrigue, suspense, mystery, romance and a bit of supernatural. All this plus it takes place in a house with secret passages that's been cut off from the world by storms, what's not to love. Very atmospheric, well written and narrated. I'm hoping for a second book with Kate and Donovan but it will be tough to follow up this one.
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- Sararara
- 30-09-19
Almost a really really good book.
A country house mystery set during the Great War with both supernatural and government spooks- what’s not to like? Shades of a contemporary Dennis Wheatley.
In the first half, the sense of time and place was beautifully drawn, and the characters were distinct and intriguing.
But the second half lost momentum as the ghosts were relegated to mere onlookers in a wartime drama. Such a shame.
I love the narrator (since Evelyn Hardcastle) but Kate needed a more clipped Celia Johnson accent.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-02-21
Entertaining tale of spooks
The reading is excellent by Jot Davies. There are many ghosts, but they are not in the least frightening. This is essentially a romance between two characters who work for the secret service during the First World War. There’s lots of potential here, and eventually a murder, but there are some cliches too. A house on an island cut off in a storm, riddled with secret passages. Some of the period atmosphere works, but this isn’t Susan Hill or ‘Turn of the Screw’. Saved by an excellent reader as an audio book .
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- Mis
- 22-06-19
Slow start but give this a chance
I enjoy period setting ghost mysteries and this ticks all the boxes. It balances cliché and new ideas well. Isolated island in a storm and cast of secretive characters but also an interesting ghost lore and unexpected interactions with them. I get pulled in everytime I listen. This is one of the stories I judge other stories of the same genre by. It is a slow start but as soon as the séances start it rolls along at a perfect pace. I hope this is the start of a series with Kate and Donovan.
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- Chris
- 26-06-19
Didn’t know what it wanted to be
The supernatural elements were totally superfluous to the story.
The book was just starting to get interesting when the author either forgot about the spirits or he accidentally mixed two draft novels together.
As a wartime “who done it” was passable, if not predictable
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- b k byrne
- 26-02-21
very entertaining and well read
not exactly a ghost story but ironically with more ghosts than most books. i enjoyed the ww1 angle on an old fashioned british country house mystery all in all well worth a listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-07-19
Fantastic story
I loved this story, it kept me guessing and the touch of romance was subtley done. The narrator was excellent and listened to this in a couple of days.
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- T1701
- 13-12-20
An Enjoyable Listen
A little hard to follow the plot in places but nevertheless an enjoyable story, narrated excellently by Jot Davies who has become one of my favourite narrators to listen to and is in fact the reason why I chose A House of Ghosts. A wide range of character voices which always contributes to a good listen. Nothing worse than a boring narrator. Worth buying just because Jot Davies is narrating.
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- Mrs
- 10-06-23
Excellent read
This is the first book by this author I have listened to. It won’t be the last. Excellent stuff.
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