Okay, this was a step up from Reindeer Manor, which was the first volume in this trilogy. Guest's writing is most enjoyable for me when he focuses on the histories of the houses in question. Maybe it's that I prefer the more objective tone, or that in some ways this book in particular almost has the feeling of linked short stories as the generations of spooky occurrences unfold (I particularly like short stories). Though I think for me personally, a large part of it is that much of Foxwood is given over to histories, so the focus really isn't on the experiences of the investigators. That's where Reindeer fell down for me - too much was happening to them, and it all got a bit frantic. Weinstein, the main character here, is much more a distanced chronicler of other people's experiences, and somehow I find that creepier.

The book did need proofreading, however. There were a lot of typos and general errors, and at one stage a phone call occurs on the 3rd of March, and the people on the phone agree to meet the next day. They do, but that day's the 3rd of March as well. Small stuff like that, which editing really should have caught.