M. J. Holliday has the unusual ability to talk to the dead. But when it comes to a vengeful ghost and a mysterious drowning, this time she may be in over her head….
THAT SINKING FEELING
Kidwella Castle in northern Wales is rumored to be haunted by a deadly ghost—the Grim Widow, who allegedly drowns unsuspecting guests in the castle’s moat. Not long after M. J. and her crew arrive at the castle to film their ghost-hunting cable TV show, Ghoul Getters, two new victims are added to the Widow’s grisly roster.
Fear ripples through the castle, especially when it’s discovered that the victims may have had help into their watery graves from the land of the living. The local inspector suspects father-son serial killers, but M. J. thinks that theory is all wet. To catch the true culprit she will need to dive deep into the castle’s past and bring some long buried secrets to the surface.
I really enjoy Victoria Laurie's books, especially the ghost hunter series. This one disappointed me. I was so turned off by Gilley's antics that I found myself flipping past pages and pages of his tantrums. For everyone's sake, send him home. Also wondered why there was a need to put Heath out of commission for awhile, just like in the last book. His role is largely for ogling his masculine goodness and some heavy petting The cameraman has a larger role in the book than Heath does; whether it's foreshadowing for later books or just laziness, I couldn't tell you. Mostly I'm disappointed by MJ's decreasing moxie. In the first book she wasn't afraid to push a ghost around to get it back in its portal; not so much in this last book. Just like in the Psychic Eye books, the paranormal quirks are being pushed to the back burner in favor of good old fashioned detective work with a lot of whining. And that's not why I read these books.
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