The Forgotten Dead

OutFoxing the Paranormal, Book 1

By: Jordan L. Hawk

Narrated by: Tristan James

Parapsychologist Dr. Nigel Taylor doesn’t work with psychic mediums. Until, that is, a round of budget cuts threatens his job and an eccentric old woman offers him a great deal of grant money. The only catch: He must investigate a haunted house with a man she believes to have a true gift.

Oscar Fox, founder of the ghost-hunting team OutFoxing the Paranormal, has spent his life ignoring the same sort of hallucinations that sent his grandmother to an insane asylum. When he agrees to work with the prestigious—and sexy—Dr. Taylor, he knows he’ll have to keep his visions under wraps so his team can get a desperately needed pay day.

Soon after Nigel, Oscar, and the OtP team arrive at the house, the questions begin to pile up. Why is there a blood stain in the upstairs hallway? What tragedy took place in the basement? And who is the spirit lurking in the closet of a child’s bedroom?

One thing is certain: If Oscar can’t accept the truth about his psychic abilities, and Nigel can’t face the demons of his past, they’ll join the forgotten souls of the house…forever.

©2022 Jordan L. Hawk (P)2022 Jordan L. Hawk

Awesome!

Great characters and story. Very scary! OK, I’m a bit of a wuss when it comes to scary stuff, but still. Scary

Spooky haunted house plus romance!

This was the start of a super interesting series! Ghost hunting, but also add in an academic and romantic slow burn relationship! And mystery with the haunted house. Can't wait for more in this series!

Just the right amount of love and paranormal

I loved this book and I want to listen to more. Can’t remember the name of the next story but I already bought it.

An Enjoyable listen.

Jordan L. Hawk is one of my favorite authors. I was looking forward to this book and was glad to see it avaliable in audio so quickly. It did not disappoint. Tristan James does a great job with the naration. He's one of my favorite narrators.

I really enjoyed this book. The story is thrilling and has some very creepy moments. I do not recommend listening to this audiobook before bed. The characters were interesting and well developed. I enjoyed getting to know them including the secondary characters. The romance is sweet and not the main focus of the story, but I still really enjoyed the connection between the main characters. I hope to see Nigel and Oscar again and see how their romance develops. I'm hoping there will be more books in the series.

Fun Queer Paranormal Romp

So I have listened to this book multiple times through at this point and I have to say, what a fun time!! To be honest, I was excited just to see a mlm tale set in Appalachia, the spooky vibes were exactly what I was looking for, and then to have trans characters that are so well written and so easily talked about?

It feels so clear to me that this book is a work of love and I am honestly so excited for Rattling Bone!! I adored Tristen's voice work as well, his accents were wonderfully done and I felt like each voice he gave to different characters fit perfectly!

To be honest, and no disrespect to my other reviewers, but I think that what may feel like to some as Odd Pacing or the story not quite reaching its emotional depth may be chalked up to the fact that largely this story is queer! like it's not going to follow the same paths as even as cisgendered mlm story and for me this was shown beautifully between the emotional chemistry between Nigel and Oscar.

One of my favorite things I noticed during my listens is that the lost and gain of trust feels earned when it does occur, Oscar and Nigel largely take the other at their word and I don't know if this was intentionally adhd/autism/nuerodivergent coded but it scratched an itch in my brain that really just felt nice!!

A fun listen and well worth the time, excited to see what the next book holds!