The Haunting of Crimshaw Manor
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Every town has a mystery.
The Crimshaw family were once the caretakers of the prestigious Strathmore Estate. After the great blizzard of 1868, the townspeople found Elizabeth Crimshaw's body hanging from the banister. Her young son and husband were declared missing and never found.
Every town has a legend.
The locals say they have seen Elizabeth's ghost and that the manor is haunted. Others claim to have heard a woman's scream and have witnessed strange lights and shadow people.
Some mysteries are better left unsolved.
What really happened to the promising Crimshaw family? Are the rumors surrounding the family true? Intent on investigating these claims, Stephen Davenport, adjunct professor of Paranormal Studies at Strathmore University, along with students from the school's paranormal investigations club begin a weekend investigation.
What they find confirms their beliefs in the paranormal—and challenges them to simply stay alive.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Drotos's spine-chilling debut, the members of a newly formed college club focused on the paranormal land the investigation of their dreams—if they can survive it. College student Evelynn Dumavastra's lifelong precognitive dreams have led her to study the paranormal. As part of her research, she's frequently requested access to the famously haunted Crimshaw Manor, but she's always been denied. Now, however, with Prof. Stephen Davenport lending Evelyn's club credibility as its academic adviser, she's finally approved. The manor's caretaker leaves the keys with the club for the weekend, departing quickly before dark. Evelynn, Stephen, and the club's vice president, Robb, begin investigating that night and discover that the ghost of Elizabeth Crimshaw, née Cantor, is desperate to tell her story. But she's not the only spirit in the house, and someone—or something—doesn't want the story told. Drotos exhaustively details the instruments and methods used in ghost hunting and cuts the tension with humor at all the right moments. Fans of haunted house tales are sure to be pleased.
Customer Reviews
Fast-paced paranormal investigation with a twist I didn't see coming
I'm not a big fan of paranormal investigation stories but was pleasantly surprised with the authenticity of investigative techniques and equipment used here. Drotos keeps the cast small and tight, and moves the plot along at a consistent pace. Although we KNOW there's supernatural phenomena going on, he still manages to spark your pulse with moments and images that make you read quicker. Descriptions of the college town and university, buildings, and the paranormal elements feel solid and believable. Readers get to dip their toes into the paranormal research and investigation pool in an introductory and non-technical way. Was surprised to discover by the end that what I thought was happening was, in fact, something else entirely that I didn't see coming. The ending suggests another book to come with the same characters.