Book description
A little boy is kidnapped as he stands with his satchel at the gate of
his home, waiting for his lift to school. An ex-con finds it impossible
to stay straight. A severely handicapped young woman dies in the night -
has someone who loves her helped her out of this world? Once again,
Susan Hill brilliantly creates a community, with detail so sharp and
convincing that readers feel that these people are their neighbours. And
that terror and evil are always in their midst ...
Susan Hill
is an award-winning novelist. She wrote Mrs de Winter,
the bestselling sequel to Rebecca,
and the ghost story The Woman in Black,
which was adapted for the stage and has been running in the West End for
18 years. Her most recent books are a collection of exquisite short
stories, The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read
, and the highly successful crime novel, The Various Haunts of Men.
She lives in Gloucestershire where she runs her own small publishing
company, Longbarn Books.
