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Shallow Graves bt Patrick Logan - Review.

Shallow Graves by Patrick Logan.




Not all houses are made of brick and stone...



Robert Watts is having the worst day of his entire life: first he's laid off, then he finds out that his wife is having an affair... with his boss no less. And that's only the beginning. 



Before the month is out, Robert finds himself alone to raise his daughter with no money, no job, and a house that is minutes from being repossessed. Just when he hits rock bottom, a strange visitor arrives at the doorstep of his soon to be foreclosed house with a letter from an Aunt he didn't know existed.

The offer is simple: look after Aunt Ruth during her dying days, and in return Robert will be bequeathed the Harlop Estate in which she currently resides. It's a no brainer and Robert jumps at the opportunity, equally motivated by the prospect of financial security as he is for a fresh start. 

Problem is, it only takes a few nights in the Harlop Estate before he begins to question Aunt Ruth's claims that they are the home's only inhabitants...

It's the scratching he hears during the night, the voices that he can barely make out over the constant rain, and then there's the girl with the rat...

With their house foreclosed and their bank accounts liquidated, Robert and his daughter Amy desperately need a place to live. But the question Robert soon finds himself struggling with is whether living in the Harlop Estate is worth it... and if he can survive until Aunt Ruth passes to collect his inheritance. 

So… I have to say this book has one of the worst, no let me rephrase that, one of the most stomach turning starts to a book I have ever read! Given it was only the prologue but still it was stomach turning!

I feel the plot to this story is fantastic, but to me, some parts were very slow and almost like 2 story’s in one. I understand that you need the start (without saying too much) with the crash to lead the story to the ending but I felt I would have liked more of the ‘second’ story – where the crash led to.

For me personally the cover well I love it, the story is good I’m glad I read it but I would have liked more of what I thought the book was ‘ghostly’ and I know the warn you about the language before you get the book but there was a lot of swearing in there more than I thought there was going to be and for I just didn’t like it, I thought the story didn’t need it to be honest.

Ok… so the book didn’t really have much of a scare factor for me. I really like books that build up the tension then has the scare. For me this book didn’t have a build-up, it seemed the ghosts and voices started to happen, all of the sudden something big happens and then bamn the end!

So if you are after a quick read with a good plot I would give this ago, as I said the plot is very good, just a bit slow for me in places and not enough scare factor, with a few unanswered questions (I won’t say in case you read the book yourself) and yes I know there is more that carry on so I will have to try the others to see if my questions get answered 😊


If you do get this book I hope you enjoy and leave me a comment saying what you thought.

My rating is: ✮ ✮ ✮ 

(3 stars)

Thank you for reading.




Shallow graves currently £3.49 on amazon:
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