[close]
Watching the Ghosts by Kate Ellis
Joe Plantagenet series Book #4
4.5 Stars
From The Book:
DI Joe Plantagenet investigates a house with a disturbing past in the fourth of this popular police procedural series. - Boothgate House has a sinister past. Once an asylum for the insane, serial killer Peter Brockmeister was sent there on his release from prison in 1978. Three years later, it closed, and Brockmeister died in mysterious circumstances. Solicitor Melanie Hawkes is investigating the suspicious events when her young daughter is kidnapped. Meanwhile, Boothgate House resident Lydia Brookes is burgled. And why is a paranormal researcher fascinated by the building’s basement? As Joe uncovers the appalling truth, he faces an evil that threatens those closest to him – and puts his own life
My Thoughts:
This book seems to have every plot imaginable. Beginning with an 8 year old girl being kidnapped right under her mother's nose. Add a burglar that is going around piling up furniture against his victims' front doors so that he can make a quick getaway through the back door if the owners of the property suddenly returns home. There is also a historical element thrown in with Lydia having just moved into a newly converted flat located in what was a mental hospital in the historic city of Eborby. She is troubled by nightmares which feature a malevolent clock. With the description of the clock I didn't wonder that she was having nightmares. Enter DI Joe Plantagenet and his boss, DCI Emily Thwaite who are working to lower the rising crime rate in the area.
If you add into the mix a university researcher who has found something evil in the basement and a man with an obsession with a serial killer the result is spine chilling and a frightening read. The perfect story line for suckers for a ghost story like myself. I found it to be a fast paced, well written story with more than a hint of supernatural happenings.
