I'm reading a thriller/mystery series about haunted houses. There are 6 books and they're pretty formulaic (the protagonists visit an old house in some remote, godforsaken corner of England; meet the local ghosts; unravel their identity and history via various old letters, diaries, newspaper articles etc.), but well written and deliver exactly what I expect a haunted house novel to deliver - chills, thrills and mystery. What bugs me in this series is how easy it is for the characters to learn everything about the various ghosts they meet, to the tiniest details. Everything is always perfectly documented, it seems every person in the past has written letters or kept a diary in which they recorded every relevant detail, as if foreseeing the future ghostbusters needing them. Even murderers wrote down the details of their crimes. That's not even remotely believable. You'd expect at least some details to remain unknown, shrouded in mystery... but nope, not so far (I'm finishing the 4th book). It's all always laid out to the last period and comma.
Oh well. I'm still going to read the last 2 books. The ghosts are quite good and chilling, especially while reading on a dark and windy September night.
