![]() Freddie's obtuseness does little to help along a gruel-thin story. This is a staunchly old-fashioned story, taking fully 100 pages to get moving, and by the time things pick up, the gist of the narrative will be obvious to anyone who has ever sat through a Twilight Zone episode. Kate Mosse is the author of the 1 International bestseller Labyrinth, and a presenter for BBC television and radio in London. By the next morning, she is gone, leaving Freddie alone to unlock a ghostly mystery hidden for 600 years. ![]() the characters are well developed and the story moves along nicely. It is a great 'read/listen' and I highly recommend it 1 person found this helpful Overall Performance Story Amazon Customer 01-07-16 loved it what a great story. In the course of an evening, Fabrissa tells Freddie a story of persecution, resistance, and death, hinting at a long-buried secret. The Winter Ghosts (English, Paperback, Mosse Kate) Language: English Binding: Paperback Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Genre: Fiction ISBN: 9781474625883. The Winter Ghosts is in some ways very different from Kates previous books, but also similar in other ways. This story is so tediously over-written, that I am not sure I can finish it. While motoring through a snowstorm, he crashes his car and ends up in the small village of Nulle, where he meets a beautiful young woman named Fabrissa. This is my review when about one-third through. ![]() It is now 10 years since the Armistice, and Freddie, after a stay in a mental institution, has come to the French Pyrenees to find peace. In Mosse's wisp of a new novel (after Sepulchre), Freddie Watson is a stilted young man who has not gotten over older brother George's disappearance on the Western Front during WWI. ![]()
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