Ghost house

Thank goodness for Hoopla, for bringing out some super hard to find horror novels and letting me read them (for free). Now if they could only release [b:Somebody Come and Play 3231317 Somebody Come and Play Clare McNally https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348515552l/3231317.SY75.jpg 1731586].I appreciate this novel. To begin, I have read tons and tons of haunted house books and they are very often.....not good. This one is not good for many reasons, but it is not because of what's happening in this house. What is happening here is truly terrifying: people pushed down stairs, kids trapped on flaming beds, ghostly lovers, and don't even think about wandering around the property at night!I told a friend I was reading this and I described it as “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir if the sea captain was a homicidal maniac”. I stand by that assessment. What is not good is laughable and kind of added to the fun of the read. There is a librarian who leaves a family in peril in order to go for help and then decides to go straight to a disco, a strained marriage that leads to no one reporting ghostly behavior to anyone else, and two parents who constantly forget they have a 3rd child. I kept checking the copyright on this bad boy because my edition said 1994 and there is NO WAY that is correct. Google Books says 1979 and that seems more realistic. It was a fun, fast read that had it's moments. I'd really love to read more of her stuff, although I think I'll skip [b:Ghost House Revenge 702524 Ghost House Revenge Clare McNally https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328470621l/702524.SY75.jpg 688816].