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The Tale of Halcyon Crane

By: Wendy Webb
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Ghosts don't exist in our world of today. Life is too pragmatic, too consuming, too busy for past lives to linger on longer than their allotted time, or so Halcyon had believed, until she received a letter from a lawyer claiming that her mother, whom she had thought long dead, had actually been living in another part of the country since Halcyon's early childhood. She had only recently passed away, leaving Halcyon heir to an unexpected fortune and an estate on an isolated island in the middle of the Great Lakes.

Setting out to find some answers, Halcyon travels to her mother's home. But will she be prepared for the ghastly family history that waits for her there, the visions and revelations that will change everything that she thought she knew about the father she lived with and the mother she'd lost long ago?

©2010 Wendy Webb (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ghosts Horror Scary

Critic reviews

“Captivating and haunting, this debut proves Wendy Webb is a very gifted storyteller.” (M. J. Rose, author of The Memorist)
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Loved the story, just didn't like the narrator's voice impressions of the different characters. Story was compelling enough to endure the strange accents though. Really enjoyed it.

Great story, shame about the narrator

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I thought the narrator's voice would annoy me but in the end it was quite mesmerising. interesting story well told. I enjoyed it.

interesting and engaging

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Unfortunately I went in to this experience unaware of how heavily the story leaned on romance.

Predictable and sugary

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Enjoyed this story - well read with some interesting twists that keep you listening to the end

A good listen

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Brilliant book absolutely fantastic loved every minute of it. Shame it ended would have been good for a sequel

Loved it

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