The Secret of Crickley Hall Book

The Caleighs have had a terrible year...They need time and space while they await the news they dread. Gabe has brought his wife Eve and daughters Loren and Cally down to Devon to the peaceful seaside village of Hollow Bay. He can work and Eve and the kids can have some peace and quiet and perhaps they can try as a family to come to terms with what's happened to them...Crickley Hall is an unusually large house on the outskirts of the village at the bottom of Devil's Cleave a massive tree-lined gorge - the stuff of local legend. A river flows past the front garden. It's perfect for them...if a bit gloomy. And Chester their dog seems really spooked at being away from home. And old houses do make sounds. And it's constantly cold. And even though they shut the cellar door every night it's always open again in the morning..."The Secret of Crickley Hall" is James Herbert's finest novel to date. It explores the darker more obtuse territories of evil and the supernatural. With brooding menace and rising tension he masterfully and relentlessly draws the reader through to the ultimate revelation - one that will stay to chill the mind long after the book has been laid aside.Read More