The House of Souls by F.G Cottam

This is an unusual book, beautifully and articulately written. It could be described as a crime investigation with a supernatural twist.

Set in modern times but linked to the death of a women and a boy from the 1920's onward, Paul Seaton has to take a very difficult personal journey back to a derelict house, using all his interpersonal and researcher skills to save four students from an awful fate.

This layered book really needs to be read more than once so that you can consider in more depth the characters and their relevance at different stages of the story.It takes various turns which make the journey of the story unpredictable. With such a pleasurable use of the English language, I would strongly recommend you give this book a read. The story is highly original and so even if this is a book you wouldn't ordinarily read I would urge you to try it, as I think you'll soon become a fan of Cottam's work.