Product Description

'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily Express

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8608 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

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 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.

About the Author
Susan Hill was born in Scarborough and educated at King's College, London. Her novels include Gentlemen and Ladies, I'm the King of the Castle (Somerset Maugham Award), Strange Meeting, The Bird of Night (Whitbread Award), A Bit of Singing and Dancing, In the Springtime of the Year, Air and Angels, The Mist in the Mirror and Mrs de Winter. The Woman in Black has been adapted for the stage and has been running to great acclaim in the West End since 1988. Her children's books include Can It Be True? (Smarties Prize), The Glass Angels and King of Kings.

Customer Reviews

So scary, what a great story!

If you like ghost stories then this is for you! This was recommended to me by my librarian and it was sooo good. I read it, my girlfriend read it and then we went to see the play in the west end and that was brilliant too.

It has all the ingredients of a great ghost story, suspense, murder, fog, a lonely house, a mystery and a great finale at the end. I cant say too much here without giving away too much, but I really enjoyed it.

Read this book!!!

AMAZING GHOST STORY
This book is truly thrilling. It is both frightening and moving and is a great read for anyone who either likes ghost stories in general or anyone who is studying the Victorians. The book has been made into a play in the West end and I would highly recommend it - read the book first though.

Spine-Chilling
When a solicitor called Arthur Kipps is ordered to receive the funeral papers from the passed away Alice Drablow, a creepy sense of unease begins to take hold. Before he knows it, a woman in black starts to haunt him and the community below the solitary house. In order for Kipps to keep his sanity, he must escape the grasp of the woman in black and protect his life.
This book is a genuine spine-chiller. Every chapter, a creepy sense of a presence or spectre is behind you as you read with anticipation. The fear is suspensful and intense, the creepiness builds up on a very gradual, and very tense rate, and you will be gripped to read further.
A definite must-read novel... Very cleverly written and crafted beautifully into the pages and your mind, with the setting very much being painted into your mind. The setting is very imaginable and very genuine. The fear is weighing on your shoulders, feeling like a ghost is gripping it, and whispering in your ears as your eyes follow the haunting words on the pages.
Read it in the dark - I dare you.....