The Winter Ghosts
Kate Mosse

Berkley Trade
February 7, 2012 ( Reprint) / ISBN-10: 0425245292
Historical Fiction / France 1928 & 1933
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Reviewed by Brenda Weeaks

"The others have slipped away into the darkness."

"I am the last…."

The Winter Ghosts begins with the main character bringing a medieval relic to a bookseller, who in turns asks where it came from - and so the tale begins…

Fredrick Watson is a man haunted by his late brother and the memories of their parents. Freddie's brother died in the Great War. Freddie's mother wished it was him... His father didn't care… On his visit to France, Freddie's brother follows him, or so he thinks… Freddie is hoping France in its winter wonderland changes his outlook on life. As the tale progresses, readers will discover Freddie's full story.

Fredrick Watson heads up the mountain road to Vicdessos. It's an atmosphere of snow, mist, whispers in the wind and a Watcher. In the mountains Fredrick stays in a village with a unique history. It's here he has a strange experience which leads him on a haunting search… In following along with Freddie I wonder if it will be his physical or mental undoing...

The Winter Ghosts is deliciously eerie. Readers will discover the story moves quickly. Mosse has the gift of a storyteller. She uses the main character's voice to tell his story as well as key historical moments in both England and France. This is my first Mosse novel. I enjoyed her writing style as well as the wonderfully unique storyline. Irecommend it to anyone who enjoys historical novels.