OK, this took me a while to get through but I liked it none the less. The story and the execution are rather slow moving which is what held me back. The characters are interesting even before you get their full story because they start out strong. I can see both women very clearly for who they are and what they stand for immediately upon meeting them.

What do you do when a whole town is haunted?

In 1899, in the North Yorkshire market town of Thorpe Morton, a tragedy occurred; 59 people died at the market hall whilst celebrating Christmas Eve, many of them children. One hundred years on and the spirits of the deceased are restless still, ‘haunting’ the community, refusing to let them forget.

In 1999, psychic investigators Theo Lawson and Ness Patterson are called in to help, sensing immediately on arrival how weighed down the town is. Quickly they discover there’s no safe haven. The past taints everything.

The investigation into what is happening in Thorpe Morton makes for not a lot of drama but some good human interest. This is a story about the people of the town as well as about the women who come to help them. What they face sets the tone for future stories about our psychic investigators. I think it at least gives enough of a look that you may want to see what happens when they finally start to really work together.

I would recommend it to anyone who likes stories of ghosts.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars