by James Herbert · Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330452106
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«The Secret of Crickley Hall» is the supernatural horror novel by James Herbert, published by Macmillan in paperback (640 pages, in English).
The Caleigh family arrives at Crickley Hall, in a coastal Devon village, to escape the memory of a terrible year. Between cellar doors that are found open at dawn, muffled crying and white shadows, the house gradually reveals the story of children evacuated from London during World War II and of a flood that marked the valley. The evil harbored by the mansion threatens not only their sanity, but also their lives.
Macmillan originally published the novel in 2007; the English title by James Herbert, a leading British horror author, is «The Secret of Crickley Hall».
For readers of ghost and classic horror novels seeking a haunted house with a slow pace and oppressive atmosphere.
Major Herbert James was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
