They want nothing to impede the annual visit to Imber church service at St Giles by the grieving and resentful villagers, seen as a crucial PR exercise. There has been the terrible burning of Sergeant Gregory Edwards, and the haunted sounds of the cries of children and women, and more on the site, heard by soldiers which has the army worried. Vernon Wall, a journalist despised by Harry, is instrumental in getting Sarah and Harry into Imber to help the army in some confidential investigations. Sarah has left Harry's employ and their personal relationship led to consequences that have her feeling haunted and guilty. Promises made by the army and the government that the village would be returned fail to materialise making it a highly political and volatile issue.Ī significant visit to Brixton Picture Palace to explore the odd goings on there lead to Sarah and Harry meeting coincidentally. This drives her to write about her experiences of Imber village, first in 1914 as a child, when it was taken over for the war effort by the army, and where her father was stationed, destined to never return home and later in 1932, when she and Harry investigate paranormal happenings, horrors, and ghosts. An elderly Sarah Grey, once assistant to the famous ghost hunter, Harry Price, hears of the discovery of a spirit child's body in the lost village of Imber, on Salisbury Plain in 1978. This is a terrific read as the autumn days get shorter, for Halloween, and for whenever a spooky ghost read is what will fit the bill. This is historical fiction based on real events. The critically acclaimed ITV drama Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, starring Rafe Spall, was adapted from Spring's first novel, The Ghost Hunters. Inspired by real historical events, this is the second novel by Neil Spring featuring the notorious real-life ghost hunter, Harry Price. Harry knows that Sarah could be the key to unlocking the mystery of Imber, but will her involvement in the case be the undoing of them both? Once, she worshipped Harry, but their relationship has recently soured.
Notorious ghost hunter Harry Price has reluctantly reunited with his former assistant Sarah Grey. Secrets are surfacing, putting all who come near Imber in danger. Įach winter, on one night only, Imber's former residents return to visit loved ones buried in the overgrown churchyard. Many years ago, soldiers entered a remote English village called Imber and forced every inhabitant out. Some voices insist on being heard, even after death.
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