Dark Secrets Cottage A Paranormal Mystery edition by Geoffrey Sleight Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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"If ghost stories and paranormal mysteries are your cup of tea, settle in with this excellent book and get hooked...." Grady Harp. HALL OF FAME - TOP 100 REVIEWER - VINE VOICE
Ghostly, terrifying visitors shatter the peace of Simon Turner on his first night in an old country cottage he's inherited through his great-uncle's last will and testament.
Suddenly awoken in the pitch dark, he witnesses a violent struggle between the unearthly spectres, curses fly and a strange young woman tells him the cottage holds secrets that he must discover.
The encounter leaves him frightened and confused. He is gripped in the cottage's spell, compelled to learn what is driving this occult activity.
With the help of a new found friend, Anna Reynolds, a local newspaper reporter, together they begin to unravel a series of grim events that took place in the property. It leads to a shattering revelation for Simon, exposing his family's horrifying past, lurking in the depths of Dark Secrets Cottage.
Dark Secrets Cottage A Paranormal Mystery edition by Geoffrey Sleight Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
If you require your mystery stories to be full of action and intensity, then this definitely isn't the ebook for you. However, if you don't mind a mystery that slowly unfolds, keeping your interest piqued the entire time, then you'll most likely enjoy this download.STORY - Simon Turner has inherited a cottage from a great-uncle he never even knew he had. Pleasantly surprised, he decides to live there for the next month, restoring it a bit and scoping out the area it's in. Almost immediately after arriving, strange things begin to happen and spectral figures act out scenarios without noticing Simon is there. Is it all a dream? Or is it something deeper that connected to the house?
Although the story doesn't waste too much time before throwing the reader into the happenings, it's still a bit slow. A lot of description is given about things and not too much action actually happens. Also, there really isn't much of a scare factor to the book. While Simon is quite perturbed about everything he sees, the reader isn't really drawn in enough to get spooked. There are never any on-the-edge-of-your-seat moments, but it's OK, because the laid-back pace of the story works. The author keeps the story from being boring by really developing the people and locations that everything is taking place in.
WRITING STYLE - The heavy descriptions that I mentioned earlier are what add to character and plot development so well. The reader is vividly able to picture what is happening, where it's happening, and who it's happening with.
I loved all of the characters in the story; all of them had distinct personalities which caused me to really form opinions about them. From the crazy ex-wife to the friendly storekeeper, I was able to feel as if I really knew them. Simon was sadly probably the most boring of all the characters with a weak spirit that made me not like him too much. It's unfortunate since he's the main character; I wish I had been able to connect a bit more with him.
"Dark Secrets Cottage" is written in first person from the perspective of Simon. It takes place in England, so the writing is very British. A lot of British slang is used, and I was often looking up what words meant. I didn't mind at all, though; it added to the atmosphere for me.
Technically, there were quite a few typos scattered throughout the story. Missing and incorrect punctuation were the biggest culprits, and they were liberally dispersed through the story. There was nothing too distracting, but the download definitely needs to be cleaned up a bit.
WARNINGS - Strong Sexual Scenarios, Language, Mild Violence, Alcohol/Cigarette Reference, Mild Peril
Overall, I did really enjoy this story. There wasn't a lot of action, but that wasn't a negative. The story managed to be interesting without too many intense scenes. The typos were rather heavy, and Simon wasn't totally likable for me, but neither of these cons really destroyed the book. "Dark Secrets Cottage" is a nice, slow mystery that I recommend to most readers.
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Dark Secrets Cottage A Paranormal Mystery edition by Geoffrey Sleight Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
"For a moment, I sensed an atmosphere of foreboding...."
This is the point at which I would typically turn tail and run! Simon Turner, however, decides it is just the newness of the place that was left him by his Great Uncle John and opts to stay in spite of this feeling. He should have listened. Now, he finds himself sharing this old cottage with specters, specters that begin to appear in the middle of the day as well as at night, with warnings that he must discover the history of this property in order to remain safe.
I really enjoyed this book. The writing style is easy and inviting. It was a quick read for me as it was well laid out and moved along. I really enjoyed the character development as Mr Sleight seems to be quite adept at getting us in to the thoughts and minds of his creations. It is not a terrifying book, but does have its suspenseful moments. I definitely recommend this book for readers of supernatural fiction.
Sleight clearly has an eye and ear for the supernatural, and for anyone who loves a tension-filled read that unravels slowly, like a cryptic and disturbing narrative knot, this book will surely be enjoyed. However, there were a few narrative moments that seemed forced or rushed, and the pace (although slow through most of the narrative) also had the tendency to jump around a bit. All in all, I found the story to be engaging, but I wish there had been slightly more of a plotline between Anna and Simon, as I felt that she was a somewhat underutilized character. There were also a few hackneyed moments that could be found in dozens of mystery/horror novels. The best part of the story was Sleight's way with words; he obviously enjoyed playing with turns of phrase and saying simple things in unique ways. As a writer, I appreciate an author who clearly enjoys his craft, and it makes the reading of a book like this far more pleasant. It was a short, easy, and unpredictable read that I would definitely suggest to other like-minded readers, but I wish that Sleight had either fleshed out the story and made it longer and more complex, or at least packed in more action into the ~150 pages to hold my interest a bit more consistently.
This was a creepy, read-in-the-dark with branches scratching the window kind of book, and as autumn descends on Chicago, I feel like this is a perfect choice for a late-night literary adventure. I must admit, I enjoyed Anna slightly more than Simon, and was happy when she began featuring prominently in the action. Some elements of Simon's personality just didn't gel, as though he was clearly a fictional character, whereas Anna felt like someone you might meet at a local newspaper, a hungry and ambitious young woman who is willing to entertain some rather wild moments to get a story.
The back story of the cottage and the events that surround it throughout the story have the makings of a classic horror story, and Sleight takes full advantage, alternating between simplistic, ominously choppy writing and long, lurid descriptions that seem to send shivers up my spine. Powerful writing from an author who I was unfamiliar with until picking this book up, and to be completely honest, I'm very glad I did. I think he could have worked a bit more on polishing Simon's character, but generally, it didn't detract too much from the story, and I was able to truly enjoy the unpredictable journey of this young man.
I liked the story - it's about a man in his 30's who is left a cottage by a great-uncle he didn't even know he had. The cottage holds deep secrets that are uncovered as the book goes on. I would have given the book 5 stars but in the last quarter of the book the relationship the main character has with his ex-wife has him acting like a really clueless 17 year old. I kept wanting to tell him to get a grip!
If you require your mystery stories to be full of action and intensity, then this definitely isn't the ebook for you. However, if you don't mind a mystery that slowly unfolds, keeping your interest piqued the entire time, then you'll most likely enjoy this download.
STORY - Simon Turner has inherited a cottage from a great-uncle he never even knew he had. Pleasantly surprised, he decides to live there for the next month, restoring it a bit and scoping out the area it's in. Almost immediately after arriving, strange things begin to happen and spectral figures act out scenarios without noticing Simon is there. Is it all a dream? Or is it something deeper that connected to the house?
Although the story doesn't waste too much time before throwing the reader into the happenings, it's still a bit slow. A lot of description is given about things and not too much action actually happens. Also, there really isn't much of a scare factor to the book. While Simon is quite perturbed about everything he sees, the reader isn't really drawn in enough to get spooked. There are never any on-the-edge-of-your-seat moments, but it's OK, because the laid-back pace of the story works. The author keeps the story from being boring by really developing the people and locations that everything is taking place in.
WRITING STYLE - The heavy descriptions that I mentioned earlier are what add to character and plot development so well. The reader is vividly able to picture what is happening, where it's happening, and who it's happening with.
I loved all of the characters in the story; all of them had distinct personalities which caused me to really form opinions about them. From the crazy ex-wife to the friendly storekeeper, I was able to feel as if I really knew them. Simon was sadly probably the most boring of all the characters with a weak spirit that made me not like him too much. It's unfortunate since he's the main character; I wish I had been able to connect a bit more with him.
"Dark Secrets Cottage" is written in first person from the perspective of Simon. It takes place in England, so the writing is very British. A lot of British slang is used, and I was often looking up what words meant. I didn't mind at all, though; it added to the atmosphere for me.
Technically, there were quite a few typos scattered throughout the story. Missing and incorrect punctuation were the biggest culprits, and they were liberally dispersed through the story. There was nothing too distracting, but the download definitely needs to be cleaned up a bit.
WARNINGS - Strong Sexual Scenarios, Language, Mild Violence, Alcohol/Cigarette Reference, Mild Peril
Overall, I did really enjoy this story. There wasn't a lot of action, but that wasn't a negative. The story managed to be interesting without too many intense scenes. The typos were rather heavy, and Simon wasn't totally likable for me, but neither of these cons really destroyed the book. "Dark Secrets Cottage" is a nice, slow mystery that I recommend to most readers.
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