Charles and Laura are a young, happily married couple inhabiting the privileged world of Cambridge academia. Brimming with excitement, Charles sets off with his daughter Naomi on a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London. But, by the end of the day, all Charles and his wife have left are cups of tea and police sympathy. For Naomi, their beautiful, angelic only child, has disappeared. Days later her murdered body is discovered.

But is she dead?

In a howling, bumping story of past and present day hell, Jonathan Aycliffe's haunting psychological masterpiece is guaranteed to make you sink to untold depths of teeth-shaking terror.

This one is going into the Horror/Supernatural Book Box

Taken out of Plum-crazy's Horror/Supernatural Bookbox.

A fantastic ghost story that was well written and highly engrossing. It was definitely creepy and one that you won't forget about for a while. I did feel let down by the reasoning behind the hauntings though - not what I was expecting.

Sent as an apology for being lazy - because everything is made better with books :-P

Awww....what a nice surprise! Thanks so much this looks right up my street :o)

The back cover blurb says "A classic ghost story which tingles with fear, horror & shocks up to the very last paragraph" & I would agree with the bulk of that statement.

The first half of this book in particular was truly creepy & atmospheric & in the main I feel that this was achieved by the fact so much was left to the readers imagination because of what was not said...for example, & I quote:
"I do not want to tell you what we found in this room. Nor would you believe me if I told you"
For me that's much more scarey than a gruesome, gory description which so often go over the top in their attempt to shock!

My only criticism is , like HerbertLooby, that something about reasoning behind Naomi's haunting didn't seem very satisfactory & thinking about the story afterwards there's one or two points that have me thinking "But why....?".

Far more often or not I feel let down or disappointed in the ending of a horror novel but the last couple of paragraphs of this I really liked as it was very apt conclusion & bought everything full circle.

Not sure where its going next, either a Bookbox or part of the Supernatural Sweepstakes, either way it will go to another BCer :o)

On it's way to the winner of my Halloween sweepstake :o)

Thank you, this looks a good read.