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Once Upon a Haunted Moor
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Got around to listening to the audio, considering how short that is ludicrous it took me so long lol. Enjoyed it.

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Still love this story, the dark chill of the Baskerville moors, characters both interesting and likeable. The strength of feelings. Onto the next :)

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While Harper Fox has a wonderful way with words, I often find her longer stories get out of control, so the short length of this attracted me. Its succinct; lots of atmosphere but no wasted page, I'm torn between seeing it as a
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K
Dec 02, 2014 rated it really liked it
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First read - Dec 2014 (re-reading Jan 2016)

Nice little paranormal novella set in deepest darkest Cornwall. A missing child has PC Gideon Frayne on edge, two weeks since she went missing her mother calls in Lee Tryak, a psychic more used to audience and TV work. Whilst they don't get off to the best of starts Gideon and Lee work well together, and quickly fall into bed, in their quest to find the missing child. They are aided by Kye, renamed Isolde, an overweight failed border collie Gideon has t
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Spark
Jul 09, 2014 rated it it was amazing
I fell seriously in love with that book! And with Lee! I loved the pace, and the plot, and -I'm a little embarrassed to say- loved the sheer brilliance of local flavours so much that I needed to take squeeing breaks several times. The local customs and lore, and turns of phrase - I just ate that up with a spoon and wanted more. I really enjoyed the plot, and the intricately woven mix of hard fact and precise observation, and the supernatural elements. I found Gideon's initial disbelief but subse ...more
Dianne
Dec 26, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Once again Harper Fox gifts the reader with beautiful characterizations of lovely, complex men with Lee and Gideon, and their paths to finding each other and themselves. The Bodmin Moor is a compelling character all its own, and the "is there, or isn't there" mystic entities combined with Lee's prescience, rounds off a real treat of a read. Plus, Isolde rocks ;-) I grabbed up the sequel, Tinsel Fish, straight away and was equally enthralled. ...more
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