Description
Edie Nunn and her daughter, Neve, have just inherited Maundrell Castle on an island in Scotland. Having been raised as an orphan, this comes as quite a shock to Edie. Edie and Neve head to the island to decide what they should do with the property. It doesn’t take long, but In the Lonely Hours, they begin to meet many of the castle’s ghosts.
The Maundrells possessed a rare diamond, called the Maundrell Red, which was supposed to be cursed and disappeared in 1965. Edie and Neve will discover that many lives were lost in search of the Red and it seems that the death toll is still continuing. They will have to solve this mystery if they hope to leave the island alive.
A gothic Scottish castle, ghosts ,and Samhain. All the ingredients for a great story were there but fell a little flat for me. Edie and Neve were difficult characters to like, with their constant bickering. The ghost parts of the story lacked any scary element, causing you to just feel sad for them instead. Overall, I wouldn’t call this a horror story, more of a missing jewel mystery with some ghosts thrown in.