In the Lonely Hours

By: Shannon Morgan

Narrated by: Siobhan Waring

On a small island in a remote corner of northwest Scotland lies Maundrell castle, owned by its wealthy namesake family for centuries—until now. Edwina Nunn is shocked to learn a relative she never heard of has bequeathed the castle and its land to her. What awaits Edie and her teenage daughter, Neve, is even more startling, for the castle is home to a multitude of ghosts.

Yet there's a strange beauty in the austere architecture and the eerie, bloody waters of Loch na Scáthanna, the Lake of Shadows. Beguiled by a frightened ghost who gazes longingly out of the castle's windows, Edie and Neve are drawn to the legends shrouding the island and the mystery of the Maundrell Red—a priceless diamond that disappeared decades before.

Is the gem really cursed, and the cause of the family tragedies that have all occurred on Samhain-Scottish Halloween? As Samhain approaches once more, Edie and Neve race to peel back the dark secrets entwining the living and the dead—a twisted story of bitter cruelty and hidden love—or they will become another Maundrell tragedy trapped in the lonely hours . . .

©2024 Shannon Morgan (P)2024 Tantor

Good read!

The storyline was good but the narrator was excellent with all the characters! Good story and interesting characters.

Captivating

I love everything about this well written and fabulously narrated book. I enjoyed everything about it.. so beautifully written and executed. Thank you for sharing your creative talents.

Excellent book!

Overall the plot was interesting, and kept me riveted to the story to the last word. The narration was excellent! I will say I figured out a few things a bit earlier than the characters in the book, however that didn't take away my enjoyment this listen.

A Good Ghosty Mystery

It was okay.. pretty good! Not a MUST read, but it ended up being interesting enough. I love a European setting! It was a good ghosty mystery!

Fun scary story

I love this narrator, and combined with such a great storyline, I will be listening again!

Amazing Narration

The story was interesting, but it took me a while to get into it, I found the main character annoying and in need of some parenting classes, and the daughter was just disrespectful, but the atmosphere was great. But the narrater... WOW! FANTASTIC JOB! I pre-ordered this after listening to Her Little Flowers, which was FANTASTIC, this one was good, but not as good as the first. I do plan to listen to more by this author.

Haunting ghost story

4.5 stars- Shannon Morgan is so good at writing these atmospheric, paranormal thrillers!!! She writes great characters- both living and passed.

A Modern Gothic Tale

Scotland, and old castle, Samhain, ghosts, curses and family secrets. Couldn't stop listening, the narrator was a true pleasure to listen to. Highly recommend if enjoy a proper ghost story.

Engaging story with plenty of ghostly activity

I loved this story, very engaging, fast moving, haunting characters. This is my first book by this author and I quickly added her to my follow list.