The Bell Tower: A Haunted House Mystery

Multiple generations find refuge and terror in a few different buildings in this novel. No one character has all the pieces. So the reader understands the motives and back story for the characters, but it isn't common knowledge for everyone. There is some digging done to get to the truth, but primarily there are several events that happen to cause all of this history to be revealed. Every bit is not tied up in a pretty package, but we are given enough information that we can fill in the blanks ourselves.
I loved the history, the gothic twist to the events, and the characters. I loved the scientific explination for part of the events. It didn't take away from the overall gothic crerpiness of the novel. The characters weren't very round, but they didn't have to be. This was more about uncovering events than about internal struggles.
Fabulous novel. Not pretentious or coincidental. Just good story telling.