The Woman In Black (Vintage Classic)

by Susan Hill
5 stars 2 comments

Heartstoppingly chilling - Daily Express.

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Synopsis

Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house's sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of The Woman In Black - and her terrible purpose.

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"A rattling good yarn, the sort that chills the mind as well as the spine" - Guardian

"She writes with great power... Authentically chilling" - Daily Telegraph

"An excellent ghost story...magnificently eerie...compulsive reading" - Evening Standard

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  1. Jessica5 stars

    25 November 2011 at 2:59pm

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    I just finished this book this morning - so worth the read! A brilliant English ghost story!

  2. Annie Stewart0 stars

    17 May 2012 at 6:40pm

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    This story is wonderful and amazing. I recently saw it as a play on the stage of our local theatre in Batemans Bay. Very gripping and believable.

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