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Inhospitable

By Marshall Moore
Inhospitable by Marshall Moore digital book - Fable

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A mysterious windfall upends Lena Haze’s almost-comfortable middle-class American life. Her husband Marcus has inherited some prime Hong Kong real estate, a building in Wan Chai – the bustling, gentrifying heart of the city. It comes with a catch, though: the building must not be sold. With financing from local investors, Lena begins overseeing renovations to convert it into a premier boutique hotel. Alone in Hong Kong and a recent arrival, Lena struggles with culture shock, business obstacles, and malignant ghosts – a part of her life she thought she’d put behind her. Lena’s previous experiences with the spirit world are of little help because she’s dealing with Chinese ghosts this time. Different rules, rituals, and customs apply, and she has no idea what is coming.

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“Inhospitable began life as a component of a PhD in creative writing taken by the author Marshall Moore at Aberystwyth University in Wales. In the UK this has recently become a common way for debut novels to find their way into print. Once in a while such a project hits the top of the bestseller list and the publishing world gets excited; a famous recent example would be Emma Healey’s https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18635113.Elizabeth_Is_Missing , which is also being filmed for television in the UK. However, these successes are rarely genre-based titles, and horror as a genre is often overlooked in these types of literary and writing university courses. To the best of my knowledge, Leo Hunt’s YA horror https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24727118.13_Days_of_Midnight is a rare example of a success from the field of the supernatural. I read elsewhere that Marshall Moore’s PhD also covered the intersection of ghost stories, both Western and Chinese, with horror. On paper this is a potentially fascinating project, but as a supernatural novel Inhospitable fails to click and is an uninspiring read. You can read Tony's full review at Horror DNA by https://www.horrordna.com/books/inhospitable-marshall-moore-book-review .”

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