"Stephen King meeting Ruth Rendell." - FRANK DELANEY Emma Dickson has a successful City career and a flourishing relationship, but when she sees the advertisement for the sale of Liza's Cottage, a house she remembers from childhood holidays on the rural Essex coast, she is filled with longing. Emma pins her dreams on her move to Mistley. But, once there, she is haunted by nightmares, dreams of the cottage's original owner at the time of a witch-hunt in the seventeenth century. Mike Sinclair, the new Rector of Manningtree and Mistley, is worried by the increasing level of supernatural disturbance in his parish. What has led to the growing sense of unease and violence? Can they work out how to defeat the evil before it destroys them all?
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About the Author:
A historian by training, Barbara Erskine is the author of thirteen bestselling novels that demonstrate her interest in both history and the supernatural, plus three collections of short stories. Her books have appeared in at least twenty-six languages. Her first novel, Lady of Hay, has sold over three million copies worldwide. She lives with her family in an ancient manor house near Colchester and in a cottage near Hay-on-Wye.
Review:
`Readers of Barbara Erskine are held in thrall'Woman's Realm`Stephen King meeting Ruth Rendell'Frank Delaney'Barbara Erskine's storytelling talent is undeniable' The Times
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- PublisherCharnwood Crown
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1843950685
- ISBN 13 9781843950684
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages664
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