Wow! What an absolute terrific start to this series! From the first page the author just drew me into his spooky world! This is the second book I have read by this author and again I was not disappointed!

Simon Donatti runs a ghost hunting business and he thinks he has seen everything there is to be seen with haunted houses until in walks a man by the name of "Howard" who has decided to hire Simon to investigate a house that is believed to be haunted and to locate three boys that have gone missing in the house.

When Howard lays down some mega money for Simon to travel to a town called Harrow's Hamlet, Simon decides that he cannot refuse such an offer and makes trails for the town. When Howard goes into detail about the history of the house and what horrific things had happened there in the past with the previous owner "Prescott", Simon cannot leave the town until he finds the answers of what has happened to the boys.

With Howard by his side through some of the investigation along with all the ghost hunting equipment, Simon and Howard find that an evil presence of "Prescott" still lingers in the house and not only does it have the boys somewhere in the house, but it also wants the souls of Simon and Howard as well. It will do anything to keep them from finding the answers they seek of the fate of the boys.

What happened to the missing boys? Who is Prescott and what crimes did he commit in the house? Does Simon and Howard find the boys? What do they have to endure to get the boys back? No spoilers here as you will just have to read the book!

Very fast paced book along with lots of atmospheric detail of the haunting as well as great character connection. Every emotion the characters felt I could feel it right alongside them and when things started getting spooky with slamming doors, hot breaths, voices whispering, footsteps, evil laughter, etc. I could feel it as well as if I had been transported into the book!

I could literally not put this book down and had to continue reading to see what would happen next! Keeping me glued to my kindle for hours on end makes me give this book five "haunting" stars!

The book ends on a cliff hanger which takes the series into the next book "Ghoststalker" which I already have on my kindle, so I will continue on with the series to see what happens next.
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