Reviews for Dark Harbor Haunting

The average rating for Dark Harbor Haunting based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-09-05 00:00:00 Ashkan Rahimi Not really a 4-star, even compared to higher-quality pulps, but (as with everything by Dan Ross or VC Andrews) the Special Needs Rating Scale dictates rounding up when a book doesn’t totally suck. Some authors are only gonna get so good, & you have to reward them relative to their oeuvre. :D Such is the case here. If you’ve experienced other Ross, you can tell he really did try with this particular effort—there’s an actual story with some unexpected twists, & the dialogue isn’t completely ludicrous. As with EVIL OF DARK HARBOR, this is framed by the tale-within-a-tale, & the modern bit is deliberately vague, i.e. a 20-page setup to reintroduce Dark Harbor native Captain Miller & his penchant for storytelling. The real plot is set in the 1890s, complete with an actress heroine (that perennial Ross fave) & the Scooby Doo family she’s marrying into. Let’s give credit where it’s due; my suspicions swerved twice at the midway point, but neither was correct. And Nero the Dalmatian didn’t die, so props for that. ;) 4 stars within the Ross pantheon, but more like 3/3.5 in comparison to better pulps.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-01-03 00:00:00 William Swett Could not wait to read this on Halloween so I plunged right in, and I am so pleased that I did! Nancy Atherton’s Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil (Aunt Dimity #6) is a grand read. Lori Shepherd is offered a chance to go to an old Victorian country home on the moors in Northumbria to check out her old boss’ niece’s library full of what Lori hopes are fabulous book collections that previously belonged to her uncle. Lori needs a break so off she goes! Getting to her destination is very definitely not Lori’s idea of a good time, but she eventually arrives at Wyrdhurst Hall. Trouble finds Lori on the moors in horrendous weather, and things appear to go downhill from there. Finally at Wyrdhurst Hall Lori ‘feels’ much if not all is ‘wrong’, and then there is the resident ghost with which Lori will deal. The author exposes Lori’s emotions - attraction to a male who is not Bill, her husband, abject fear, jealousy, and you should read what Aunt Dimity tells Lori in just two words! The best read! Highly recommended! 4.5 stars.