An amazingly convoluted and complicated Horror novel, THE HAUNTING OF LEIGH HARKER had a seemingly slow start intended to be scary. However, after a short duration I found myself getting into the story, a benefit because I soon became entwined and couldn't stop reading until I'd finished. Very complex, and in some ways, remarkably scary; in other ways sad (specifically the interpersonal relations of the two main characters, not with each other, but in one case with coworkers and neighbors, in the other with family of origin and later extended family). Surprising denouements throughout.