[+ Steeplchase] An Inquiry Into Love and Death / Simone St. James. 2.5 stars

[LibraryCin]

2.5 stars

In the 1920s, university student Jillian’s Uncle Toby fell off a cliff while he was ghost hunting in a small town and she is the only one able to go pack up his things. She can immediately tell there are ghosts where she is staying. There is also a young detective from Scotland Yard who is there to investigate Toby’s death.

I listened to the audio, so I suspect it’s (at least in part) why I missed “half” (or more) of what was going on. Not sure if I would have liked it better in print or not. I’ve really liked other books I’ve read by this author, so this was disappointing. (And I have listened to at least one other of hers.) I definitely missed a lot of the “reveal” at the end. I would hear something and think – who is that? What is this about? How did this tie in? And I have no idea. And I still don’t even really know how it wrapped up, though I got to the end of the book.

[Jgrace]

This was a creepy ghost story. I enjoyed it, but I can see how it would become confusing. The relationships between the characters in the little town are important and so many of them have the same last names! There are also two storylines. That's the author's formula; a ghost story with a historical plot and a current crime story. The overlaps get a bit tangled.