{"id":917,"date":"2020-04-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-25T22:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T02:11:17","slug":"a-book-review-of-let-ghosts-speak-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-let-ghosts-speak-by\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Review of Let the Ghosts Speak by Bryan Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BLet2Bthe2BGhosts2BSpeak2Bby2BBryan2BDavis.png?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">In 19th century Paris, Justin Trotter, an immigrant from England, is making his way as a book translator while paying for his blind twin sister\u2019s care. One evening, Marc No\u00ebl, Justin\u2019s well-to-do friend and fellow thespian, invites him to a masquerade party at an abandoned schoolhouse. Justin hopes this will be an opportunity to get to know Marc\u2019s lovely though sharp-tongued sister, Francine.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">At the event, Justin meets four ghostly strangers\u2014two adults and two children\u2014who warn him that the party guests are in danger, and they must leave at once. True to their prediction, a murder takes place, and Justin is the prime suspect. He escapes and becomes a fugitive, hiding in the Paris catacombs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Mystery and intrigue swirl as the ghost of Joan of Arc and other martyrs guide Justin on a lonely journey to prove his innocence and protect his sister from an abusive caretaker. Who really committed the crime? Marc? Francine? A ghost? And does seeing these ghosts mean he is going insane? Maybe he really is the murderer after all.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>Genre:<\/b> Adult Mystery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>Publisher:<\/b>\u00a0Mountain Brook Ink (April 15, 2020)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>Page Count:<\/b>\u00a0245 pages<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">I&#8217;ve had the honor to be able to obtain an advance reader copy of Bryan Davis&#8217; new release coming April 15th!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><!--more--><\/h2>\n<h2><!-- more -->The Plot<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">This is very different from Mr. Davis&#8217;s other books and I&#8217;ve read most of them, but knowing him for so long I know this book was a dream for him to write. Les Miserables + Joan of Arc = Happy happy author. First and foremost this is a whodunnit mystery, but with a supernatural twist. Throughout the book, you&#8217;re trying to put together clues to find out who committed the crime and are praying that somehow the main character will be exonerated from his accusations.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">The story has an unusual writing style that is written like the main character is writing it personally. At times he&#8217;ll back away from the story to give personal notes to his mother whom he&#8217;s addressing this account to. At the end, the narrative switches to a completely different POV of a character shown earlier in the story that continues with the mystery case role play. This was an immersive technique that reminded me of <i>And Then There Were None <\/i>by Agatha Christie.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Characters<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">This novel is written in first person and so throughout the majority of the book we&#8217;re in Justin Trotter&#8217;s point of view. He&#8217;s a young immigrant actor trying to make it in the world and he speaks three different languages which is really cool. He also has a sweet relationship with his blind twin sister which is sweet to see. You can\u2019t help but feel bad for him when the world is against him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Inspector Fortier is a decent person. He\u2019s a good-hearted policeman who just wants to do the right thing. I liked Joan of Arc and Michael cause fun historical figures. Joan had to be my favorite. I wasn\u2019t that crazy about the rest of the characters. Partially because I wasn\u2019t supposed to lol. I felt like Justin\u2019s supposed friend Marc was awfully quick to think his flatmate was a murderer. He was a crappy friend if you ask me. As with most of Mr. Davis\u2019s books, the characters are very self-aware which can be refreshing at times and a little clunky at others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Setting<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">This is Victorian-era Paris so we get parties, mansions, carriages, graveyards, and catacombs. Mr. Davis really captured the era.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">As the title suggests there is also a strong supernatural element. Ghosts can be seen by people who\u2019ve witnessed traumatic events, these particular ghosts are given a bit more time on earth to save their persecutors from judgments, and there are also magic rings and amulets.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Epic Things<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Ghosts of martyrs is a really cool concept. Also no matter how many times it\u2019s done stuff written out in blood always gives me the shivers\u2014in a good way haha.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Theme<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">There is a theme of blindness not just physical but emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Being blind to truth and righteousness particularly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Content Cautions<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">This is a murder mystery and several people are kiled in various ways including hanging, being stabbed by a poker (mentioned as brutalized with significant blood), poison, gunshot wounds, drowning, and being burned to death (described with melting skin). A dog is mentioned to have been poisoned, a character threatens to castrate another, a person is beheaded (splash of blood and the body and head separately being moved is mentioned, no graphic detail), there are mentions of rape and accusations of incestuous rape, and two people are naked together to stay warm.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What We Can Take Away For Our Writing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">1.)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Ghosts Having a Sort of Finite Mortality<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>&#8211;<\/b> The problem about caring about the wellbeing of ghosts is they\u2019re dead. They can\u2019t be killed and they can live forever so they don\u2019t die. In this story world ghosts have a time limit imposed on them shown by their candles or lanterns. They can only be on earth so long.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>How this can be applied to writing:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">There are so many creative ways to give rules for ghosts. Many are done but there are still more to explore as shown in this story!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">2.)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>Using an Interrogation to Convey Information &#8211;<\/b>\u00a0Near the beginning of the book Inspector Fortier interrogates Justin and in doing so some information about Justin\u2019s backstory is revealed in a natural way.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>How this can be applied to writing:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0Giving exposition naturally is difficult but if you have a crime story this is a great way to do it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">This is one of my favorite works of Mr. Davis. Four inukshuks!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"968\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/fourinukshukrating-png-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FourInukshukRating-1.png?fit=1396%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1396,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FourInukshukRating.png\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FourInukshukRating-1.png?fit=300%2C107&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FourInukshukRating-1.png?fit=1024%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-968\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FourInukshukRating-1.png?resize=1396%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"1396\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; color: #bf9000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/rbclibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/bryandavis_l.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; position: relative;\" src=\"https:\/\/rbclibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/bryandavis_l.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">About the Author:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">Bryan Davis<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">\u00a0is the author of the following young adult fantasy series: Dragons in our Midst, Oracles of Fire, Echoes from the Edge, and Dragons of Starlight. He also wrote I Know Why the Angels dance, a contemporary novel for adults.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 20.79px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 20.79px;\">After laboring as a computer geek for 20 years, Bryan followed a dream to become an author. He began by writing a story to motivate his seven children to gain some excitement about writing, and that story grew into a novel. After spending the next eight years learning the craft and enduring more than 200 rejections from publishers and agents, he broke through with his best-selling series Dragons in our Midst. He is now a full-time author and lives with his wife, Susie, and their children in western Tennessee.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 20.79px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">You can find him on\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #bf9000; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BryanDavis.Fans\">Facebook<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #bf9000; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanDavisAuth\">Twitter<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #bf9000; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/37060.Bryan_Davis?from_search=true\">Goodreads<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #bf9000; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/daviscrossing.com\/\">his website<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">! I also have\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #bf9000; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2013\/05\/an-interview-with-author-bryan-davis.html\">an interview with him<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">\u00a0I had on the blog!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif; line-height: 20.79px;\"><b>I&#8217;ve reviewed several other books by this author:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'utopia' , 'palatino linotype' , 'palatino' , serif;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2019\/10\/a-book-review-of-scent-of-her-soul-by-b.html\">Scent of Her Soul by B. Allen Davis<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/span><i style=\"line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\"><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><i style=\"line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a style=\"line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2013\/09\/a-book-review-of-diviner-by-bryan-davis.html\">Dragons of Starlight Book 3: Diviner<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><a style=\"line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2013\/11\/a-book-review-of-liberator-by-bryan.html\"><i><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Dragons of Starlight Book 4: Liberator<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><a style=\"line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2013\/12\/a-review-of-masters-slayers-by-bryan.html\"><i><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Tales of Starlight Book 1: Masters &amp; Slayers<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><a style=\"line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2014\/04\/a-book-review-of-third-starlighter-by.html\"><i><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Tales of Starlight Book 2: The Third Starlighter\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;\"><i style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2014\/05\/a-book-review-of-exodus-rising-by-bryan.html\">Tales of Starlight Book 3: Exodus Rising<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: justify;\"><i style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/06\/a-review-of-song-of-ovulum-by-bryan.html\">Children of the Bard Book 1: Song of the Ovulum<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: justify;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><i style=\"line-height: 20.79px; text-align: start;\"><i style=\"line-height: 20.79px;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/07\/a-book-review-of-from-mouth-of-elijah.html\">Children of the Bard Book 2: From the Mouth of Elijah<\/a><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><i style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: start;\"><i style=\"line-height: 18.2px;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/08\/a-book-review-of-seventh-door-by-bryan.html\">Children of the Bard Book 3: The Seventh Door<\/a><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; text-align: justify;\"><i style=\"line-height: 18.2px; text-align: start;\"><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/09\/a-book-review-of-omega-dragon-by-bryan.html\">Children of the Bard Book 4: Omega Dragon<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\"><i style=\"line-height: 18.2px; 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One evening, Marc No\u00ebl, Justin\u2019s well-to-do friend and fellow thespian, invites him to a masquerade party at an abandoned schoolhouse. 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