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So begins the sance, john harwoods brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in latevictorian england. Montague gives her a packet containing an account of events that reached a dreadful climax at wraxford nearly 20 years before. Of the two, i enjoyed the ghost writer more i loved the ghost stories in that one but both are very creepy, very gothic and perfect books to read at this time of year. Constance langton, john montague and eleanor unwin. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and blackhearted villains and murder. I have to say that i really enjoyed the authors writing style, and will be searching out other books by him in the near future. John harwood s second novel, the seance, has obvious general similarities to the ghost writer, his debut, but is also profoundly different. Apr 02, 2009 the seance by john harwood is a deliciously oldfashioned gothic novel with a decaying mansion, heroines in distress, rumors of ghosts, clairvoyants, villains, a dark, spooky wood, and romance found and lost.
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