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    Into the Thinnest of Air: A paranormal country house murder mystery

    By Simon R. Green

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    Dinner at an ancient Cornish inn leads to one baffling disappearance after another in the latest intriguing Ishmael Jones mystery.

    “It’s just a nice weekend, in a nice country inn. Nothing bad is going to happen …”

    Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are attending the re-opening of Tyrone’s Castle, an ancient Cornish inn originally built by smugglers. Over dinner that night, the guests entertain one another with ghost stories inspired by local legends and superstitions. But it would appear that the curse of Tyrone’s Castle has struck for real when one of their number disappears into thin air. And then another . . .

    Is the inn really subject to an ancient curse? Skeptical of ghost stories, Ishmael believes the key to the mystery lies in the present rather than the past. But with no bodies, no evidence and no clues to go on, how can he prove it?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9781780109350
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    Into the Thinnest of Air: A paranormal country house murder mystery
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    Simon R. Green

    Simon R. Green was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, where he still lives. He is the New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Nightside, Secret Histories and Ghost Finders series, the Ishmael Jones mysteries, the Gideon Sable series and the Holy Terrors mystery series. Simon has sold more than four million copies of his books worldwide.

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    • 3/5
      I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book or my review itself.When Ishmael Jones' partner Penny is invited to the private reopening of a infamous inn, they learn of the legend behind it, that the previous owner poisoned all his dinner guests while his wife and child disappeared. But when people in the present start disappearing, what began as a dinner among old friends turns into a frightening and possibly supernatural locked room mystery.This is a creepy book with a lot of suspense. I'm always a sucker for a locked room mystery, especially one tinged with a horror aspect, and this story definitely delivers on that end. The ending also packs quite a punch, and is not one I saw coming.I have to admit, I almost put this book down within the first two pages, because the strangeness factor behind the main character, Ishmael, just seemed so, to put it bluntly, weird. I hadn't known what the premise behind him was (and won't say it here to avoid spoilers), which is a good thing, because I wouldn't have picked up the book otherwise. It's not a bad or nasty thing, it's just not at all what I expected when I picked up a mystery.I'm definitely glad I kept going with this book, because it ended up being so full of suspense, and horror aspects, and mystery. And that ending was really well-done. Get past the premise of the main character and you're in for a clever mystery.
    • 4/5
      I checked out Into the Thinnest of Air as soon as I saw it on my local library's new books shelves. I haven't read many of Simon R. Green's books, but I've enjoyed those I have. My first was Ghost of a Chance, which I bought because the Carnacki Institute was mentioned on the back cover. I've been a fan of William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki the Ghost Finder for decades. Why bring that up? Because this short novel (novella?) has a Carnacki feel to it. I suspect that Mr. Green set out to pay homage to one of the Carnacki stories. I won't tell you which one. If you're a fan of Mr. Hodgson's detective, you should be allowed to have the fun of guessing for yourself. If you're not, perhaps suspecting this is a deliberate homage might make you appreciate the story more than just reading it on its own. I never thought much of M. R. James' 'Martin's Close' until I learned that it was deliberately written in the style of a previous century's trial records. Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey didn't amuse me until I read some of the gothic stories she was spoofing so well.It's no spoiler to say that Ishmael Jones is not a normal man. That much is revealed in the opening, 'Myths Ancient and Modern'. His beloved, Penny Belcourt, is closer to being normal than he is. She's the one who receives an invitation to a pre-opening dinner at Tyrone's Castle, an old inn on the coast of Cornwall. Penny remembers the couple who currently own the inn, Olivia and Albert Calvert, from her childhood. They were friends of her late father, Walter Belcourt.Penny talks Ishmael into going because she wants to have the kind of weekend a normal couple has, not dealing with monsters and murderers as they usually do. (Feel free to snicker.) The story of Elliot Tyrone's infamous 1886 Christmas dinner is retold in the opening. We get to learn more stories about the inn as the evening wears on into night. All of the other guests are old friends of the Calverts: Thomas Moore (the local vicar and no, no one brings up Sir Thomas More), and his wife, Eileen;, Valerie Butler, who has been researching the Tyrone story, and Jimmy Webb, a local reporter. Ishmael senses something off from the beginning -- something the others know that he and Penny don't. The Calverts weren't expecting Penny to bring anyone with her and don't seem pleased that she did.All the talk about legends of mysterious disappearances from the inn over the centuries is just talk -- until the first member of the gathering disappears. Both floors of the inn are searched, but there's no trace to be found. Ishmael is certain there's a rational explanation. Valerie Butler is certain it's supernatural. Which of them is correct? The people are disappearing one by one no matter how hard Ishmael tries to keep them safe. Will our hero and his lovely lady find the missing or are their fates already sealed?NOTES:Chapter 1:a. Penny's London apartment/flat is described (Of the three bright colors she chose, I agree with only two.)b. Black Rock Towen, the nearest place to the inn, is only a mile or so from Cornish cliffs. The inn itself is right on the edge.Mention: Quality Street candy (yum!), Chapter 2: a. There's a description of Black Rock Towen, the inn, and the plaque where the hanging tree once stood.b. The owners and other guests are described.c. The inn boasts a framed drawing of Elliot Tyrone. He doesn't look as if he'd been a pleasant man.d. There are two local witches of legend, Nettie of the Woods and Agnes of the Well.Chapter 3:a. The vicar tells a scary story from the local church records. He also explains why the local kids didn't come to the inn during the 20 years it was deserted. It's a good reason.b. Eileen talks about the ghost she saw when she was eight years old.c. The hanging tree had been taken from Nettie's Wood.d. Mention: the Road to Damascus conversionChapter 4: a. Ishmael refers to what sounds like a chamber pot as a 'shove-under'.b. Ishmael refers to the time he worked for Black Heir. (I enjoyed his and Penny's exchange about cattle mutilations.)c. Mention: Scooby-DooChapter 5: a. The gurrests discuss ways of warding off supernatural menaces.b. Penny finds out whether or not Ishmael is religious. c. Mentions: Dennis Wheatley (British author of thrillers and occult novels)Chapter 6: a. We learn Jimmy's opinion of the nicknames Penny and Ishmael call each other.b. Ishmael's bloody nose is a problem.There's plenty of atmosphere suitable for a good horror movie or thriller. I figured one thing out before Ishmael mentioned, but hardly everything. Does this story belong among tales of the supernatural or is it just a good mystery? Entertain yourself by finding out.
    • 4/5
      I keep coming back to this series because it's like a warm blanket that keeps me cozy. It also causes mild anxiety because I have no idea whats going on until the end. That said there was a problem with this one. Near the end when the mystery is revealed there was one point that stuck out. We're told that the lead character has superhuman hearing. Well apparently he could hear a door opening and closing from five feet away. Also characters disappear in what seems like seconds without a trace. When you find out how this happens it doesn't make too much sense that someone could disappear without leaving some trace behind for the superhuman lead character to pick up on. Other then that it was very suspenseful and heartbreaking near the end. Another good entry in this series.

      I read this book via NetGalley. I thank them for this book. #IntoTheThinnestOfAir #NetGalley
    • 4/5
      Into the Thinnest of Air(Ishmael Jones #5)by Simon R. GreenThis book takes Ishmael and Penny on a "quiet" night out to an opening to a refurbished inn with a history. It was a smugglers inn and a site of a mass murder. Things don't end up being as quiet as the couple expected. People start disappearing. Pretty good story. I did figure out part of the story right away but not the who! I still enjoyed it a great deal!