“Something is watching from behind the walls…”The move into 889 Morgan Road was supposed to be a fresh start for Joseph Dubois and his family. What they got instead was a nightmare.Dark shadows in the halls are only the beginning. At night, guttural noises issue from behind the walls, and the family reports seeing a terrifying figure wandering the premises. Desperately seeking someone with … Desperately seeking someone with experience in supernatural matters, Joseph calls upon his uncle, Marcel.
Retired surgeon Marcel Dubois has a special gift: The ability to communicate with his dead wife. Harnessing this gift allows him to plumb the depths of the afterlife and to confront the paranormal. Arriving in Detroit, Marcel seeks to uncover the truth about the strange figure seen in his nephew’s new house.
But when his questions are finally answered, Marcel finds himself at the center of a horror without parallel.
The House of Long Shadows seeks another lodger.
MALEFIC is the second novel in the House of Souls series.more
A perfect book for the Halloween season, full of the creepiness and scares that I have come to expect from Ambrose Ibsen.
When a young family moves into a house that is just too good of a deal to pass up, you know that something has to be wrong with it. Joseph Dubois calls his uncle, Marcel, asking for help because he believes that the house is haunted. Marcel has a little experience with spirits since he is able to communicate with his dead wife, Constance, through spirit writing.
What Marcel encounters when he goes to Detroit and stays in the house is creepy indeed! Shadows that follow you around, things that go bump in the night and other apparitions convince Marcel that there is definitely someone or something haunting the house.
Marcel travels to Annapolis trying to find some answers and hopefully be able to banish the ghosts from the house. The story becomes part detective work as he tracks down clues and finds a lot of coincidences as he does. What he finds is heartbreaking and also unique for this genre.
Mr. Ibsen always gives his readers just what they are looking for in a haunted house book and this one does not disappoint. With the addition of the wonderful Joe Hempel as narrator, this is a great book with just the right amount of scares and creepiness. Mr. Hempel’s pacing and voice is perfect and really added a lot to my enjoyment of the book. The ending was perfect IMHO and really added to the scariness of the whole thing.
I was given the chance to listen to the audiobook version of this book by the author/narrator/publisher and chose to review it.
Having loved the first book, I bought the second when it came out, but didn’t read it because I wanted to wait for the audio, and I’m so glad I did because Joe Hempel brought this to life!!
Book 2 sees a new family living in the house, and they soon realise that there is something wrong with it. Long shadows, weird noises, footsteps and their daughter is seeing something nearly every night. Joseph has had enough and decides to call his Uncle whom has some experience with supernatural things. And so enters Marcel. He takes over the house in the hopes of uncovering the secrets, but he gets more than he bargained for and is now in the middle of a terrifying fight for his soul.
I want an Uncle like Marcel please!! He is awesome. Not only for his generosity, but also the fact that he can communicate with spirits. Since his wife passed, they have written to each other nearly every night. He would write first and the next morning his wife would have responded. It was cute!!! From the second Marcel enters the house, the tension and creepiness slowly ramps, I had chills when I was reading parts and actually jumped when there was a knock at my door. I was that engrossed in the story!!
While this is book 2, it can be read as a stand alone, though I do recommend reading book 1 first as it gives a lot of background into the house. This one is even better than the first, and I loved the first one! I can’t recommend this series enough, nor can I recommend the author enough. He is such a fantastic writer and is able to grab the reader right from the get go. I highly, highly recommend you check out his books!!
The house has a history. More than the new owners are aware until everything starts to happen. Soon after moving in they notice the strange shaed shadows then various noises and the cotton man. Having read the first book in the series first I was waiting and interested to see what would happen in this house next. This book could be read alone but is better when you know what happened in the last one.
The story is spooky and goosepimple worthy. Marcel retired now has some knowledge of afterlife. He and his deceased wife write messages to one another. When his nephew comes to him with the strange occurances in their new home Marcel joins the family to check out the situation he thinks is nothing and offer a hand if something supernatural is truly happening. Soon enough he discovers the supernatural occurances and spends the rest of the story attempting to rid the house of its horrors,digging up a bit more history on the house.
I certainly won’t spoil it for others but I loved the end. The story is sufficiently creepy . The characters and plot are well developed and the story is one that won’t leave your subconscious any time soon.
Audiobook review: Malefic is a creepy horror story featuring historical events. The story is a bit predictable but interesting. Overall a good ghost story! The narrator did a good job with providing unique voices for each character and appropriate tone inflections for each scene. I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.