When Ringan Laine, British folk musician, becomes the owner of a restored eighteenth-century cottage, he discovers right away that the cottage and the ancient barn on Ringan's property are haunted. Ringan and his longtime lover Penny, researching the identity of their unwanted tenants, learn that they were a young couple, victims of a famous double murder in the year 1817-their story the subject of a song that is a staple in Ringan's repertoire. And they must stage a full-scale musical exorcism to lay the ghostly couple to rest. The Weaver and the Factory Maid is only the first in what promises to be an exciting new mystery series featuring the ghosts of characters in folk ballads.
The Weaver and the Factory Maid is an interesting take on a ghost story but I forced myself to finish it. I didn't "bond" with the characters and I thought the musical exorcism was really silly. There are several more in the series each ghost story built around an old English ballad.
~ From Suzanne
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