The Haunting of Michael Merlyn

By: Vincent Valentean

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When Michael Merlyn arrives in the small town of Clayton, Massachusetts to investigate the reported suicide of local investment banker Jonathan Sullivan, he finds that the man's spirit is missing. With the help of his partner Kate and sister Victoria, Michael searches for clues to uncover what really happened to Jonathan. But the paranormal activity in Clayton seems to be escalating, as other spirits also vanish without a trace. Faced with a rash of disappearances he can't explain, Michael must use all of his psychic gifts to get to the root of the mysterious happenings, find Jonathan's spirit, and prevent any more spirits from going missing in the town of Clayton.

Loved this book

It a really fun and easy to follow story line, I like the characters and how quirky they are, can’t wait do it the next one.

Loved the characters

The AI narrator mispronounced words and didn’t get the emotion right sometimes. It didn’t put emphasis in the right places and sometimes the enunciation wasn’t right.

Comment

I don’t like the virtual voice. It lacks inflections and doesn’t follow normal speech patterns.

Don't get hung up on the AI voice

I absolutely enjoyed this supernatural thriller! Unique angle on the life of a medium. Thoroughly satisfying for those of us who love this genre

AI narration destroys good stories

I enjoyed the book despite the AI narration so that says a lot right there. It was a fast paced quick one. The story was unfortunately extremely predictable, but I enjoyed it anyway. The characters and concepts were fun and interesting and the book was well written.