Featuring author Martin J. Best

Today I am featuring an awesome author Martin J. Best. His stories about ghost hunting captured my interest.

A short biography:

Born in 1965, Martin J. Best is a native of Torquay, on the UK's English Riviera, where he grew up in an actively haunted house. He has had a varied work life, including many years running his own mobile disco business, and is now fulfilling a life-long dream to write full-time. When not working, he enjoys listening to a wide variety of music, ghost hunting, and walking/trail running with his dogs Shadow and Raven – a Northern Inuit and a Groenendael.

Much of the action in Martin’s character-driven paranormal stories are set in and around his hometown, the use of genuine locations giving his meticulous world building an unpretentious authenticity.

The Moth Trap - https://1books2read.com/u/b5QLak

A Step Aside – https://books2read.com/u/4AxNPK

The Novice Ghost Hunter - https://books2read.com/u/47X827

Ghost Hunter I: A Matter of Faith - https://books2read.com/u/m0Vx2Y

Ghost Hunter II: Of Gods and Ghosts – https://books2read.com/u/mlW5nY

Ghost Hunter III: Blood Ties – https://books2read.com/u/mdlNrl

Ghost Hunter IV: Remnants and Revenants – https://books2read.com/u/bzjaQZ

Ghost Hunter V: Pariahs – https://books2read.com/u/3Lg9eN

Ghost Hunter VI: Occultus - https://books2read.com/u/47NYoN

Ghost Hunter: The Story So Far - https://books2read.com/u/b5ZM9w

My review for A step aside:

This story starts as an ordinary trip to the forest. Stewart, the main character reveals something weird in the chapel. Meeting Cooper, a man who is searching history and his companions, he found out about Pagan's roots in this place. When he touches fatal carvings, he will meet Brigid who is a leader of some kind of cult. His troubles just begin, and he just wants to get back to his wife and daughter.
This is the second time I read this author and it won't be the last. Martin Best has the talent to attract the reader with a smooth story and unexpected twist, so you will not know when the terror begins. Through the myths, history, and horror characters he will show you the lecture that is not good to research dark, dangerous secrets.
The punishments in ancient times were cruel, and there was no way to negotiate.

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