The Spook's Secret [Paperback]

Joseph Delaney (Author)

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• Paperback
• ASIN: B000XPWQAO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Joseph Delaney formerly taught media and film studies at a high school in Blackpool, England. He lives with his family in Lancashire, in the middle of boggart territory.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars execellent reading, not for kids only, August 7, 2006

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J. Talsma (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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The Spook's Secret is the third part of a story told by Thomas Ward, who as a youngster is apprenticed to a Spook, a somewhat elder man, who fights all kind of demons ("boggarts"), witches and ghosts. The protagonists are already given but also important is Alice, a young witchmaiden, who counterbalances the dreadfull adventures in the dark and the mother ("Mam") of Tom who plays a role, being not only human. The story is full of emotions, a good cast, characters an creatures alike, and although fiction for most of its part credible. In a way this is trilogy, it helps to read the first two books (Spook's Apprentice and Spook's Curse) to understand the last one, because the main persons are there and in each book they are followed up to their gradution, discovering something new from them of something old. Anyway, I looked forward to the third part, having enjoyed the other two tremendously. I am certainly no kid anymore but not in the least ashamed to admit that I am a true fan. Joseph Delaney knows who to tell an old fashioned tale and to weave a plausible plot. Good reading, especially after nighttime. Have fun, when Harry Potter is nowhere in sight.