{"id":717,"date":"2023-05-23T09:35:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2023-05-23T09:43:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:43:24","slug":"echoes-of-home-by-m-l-rayner-a-ghost-story-with-ties-to-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/23\/echoes-of-home-by-m-l-rayner-a-ghost-story-with-ties-to-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Echoes of Home by M L Rayner – A Ghost Story with Ties to the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019m not the fastest reader, but I chug along reading every night before bed. The latest finished novel comes from Matt Rayner, Echoes of Home<\/a>. Reading took me from May 5 – May 23 at my usual intended 15-20 minutes per night but being the page-turner it was, on a couple occasions, had me pushing the envelope at maybe half an hour give or take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned previously, this was a page-turner and provided all the tell-tale signs of a great ghost story – the need to turn the page when it is really time to put the book down, tingles running up and down your spine, and closure at the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not one to give details of a story, but I will say that it revolves around a man who loses his family to gain another, and solves a pesky apparition problem in the meantime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll get bonus points for reading past the end and into the acknowledgements in the form of insight into the basis of character names, story, and Rayner\u2019s personal tie-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up: The Mobius Door<\/a>, by Andrew Najberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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