That. Was. Creepy.
(Rubbing my arms and trying to shake off the goosebumps.)
A haunted nursery.
Disembodied voices singing childhood rhymes.
Bed covers being slowly pulled off while you sleep.
Nightmares about corpses coming out of the walls.
(Another shiver)
If you're looking for a creepy paranormal mystery, then "The Voice Upstairs" definitely fits the bill.
Wilhelmina Price has never fit in with the other village people of Thrush's Green. Ever since her mother's untimely death. Wil has had the gift, or curse, of being able to see a person's spirit leaving their body days or even hours before their death. When Wil first realized she had this ability, she tried to warn people of their impending demise. Of course, they didn't believe her, and when those people actually started dying, the village people came to fear and despise Wil for her "unholy" gift.
As a result, Wil has only ever had one true friend: Edison Summerfield, the youngest son of a local Lord.
When a maid on the Summerfield estate dies in the same suspicious way that Wil's mother did, Wil decides she is going to get a job as a maid on the Summerfield Estate and use her gift to find out what happened to the maid, and ultimately, what happened to her mother.
But Ed Summerfeld has been keeping a secret from Wil.
He's being haunted.
Eerie noises. Disembodied voices. Furniture moving. Doors slamming. Frightening Dreams.
Ed believes he is being haunted by the spirit of his dead brother, Peter, who died in the war. However, no one experiences any of these events except for him. This terrifies Ed because if Wil, with her connection and power over the dead, can't sense that he is being haunted, then it means his family is right and he is losing his mind.
Set in the 1920's, this historical paranormal murder mystery was a highly entertain read. I read it in one day. I definitely enjoyed the creepy vibes that the haunting created, and the twist ending caught me off guard.
An elegant ghost story with a sweet romance intertwined.
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