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Abbot's Keep

A Ghost Story

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Abbot's Keep

By: Benedict Ashforth
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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"Brother, do not try to follow me once you have read this. No good can come of it..." When Clifford Fox QC receives a desperate letter from his estranged younger brother, Simon, he departs his comfortable Yorkshire home to locate him. The letter outlines the harrowing events that have led Simon to the very edge of sanity.

Following a stint at the Brentwell Rehabilitation Unit, failed architect and recovering alcoholic Simon is invited by an old school-friend to Abbot's Keep - a Tudor residence, nestled deep in remote Berkshire countryside. Soon after arriving, he is left to explore the neighboring monastery ruins and discover the house's dark history. But the more he learns, the more certain he becomes that he is not alone at Abbot's Keep, and that nothing is as it seems. But can he stop the house's medieval past repeating itself one final time? And can his brother find him before it's too late?

©2014 Patrick O'Neill (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Ghosts Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Haunted Exciting Horror Fiction
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Critic Reviews

"Abbot’s Keep is refreshing a hell. Finally, a ghost story that reminds you why the basement is so terrifying!" (Brett McNeill of Rue Morgue Magazine)
"Ashforth does Edgar Allen Poe and Bram Stoker proud delivering a solid contribution to the literary movement. It is time that the ghost story made a comeback. With writers like Benedict Ashforth writing Abbot’s Keep, a revival just might be at hand." (Matthew J. Barbour of Horror Novel Reviews)
"A really entertaining read with a delightful frisson of fear." (Simon Ball of Horror Hothouse)
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Hoping for more from this author soon. He has a talent for telling the good old fashioned horror story. Shades of Poe.

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Narrator: great character development. Kept me engaged.

Author: Easy moving plot. Good imagery development without excessive descriptive language.

Good old school ghost story.

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Silly, over-written story. Some lines were good but the basic idea was weakly gruesome

Histrionic

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