An English Ghost Story

Author Kim Newman
Ebook
On sale Oct 07, 2014 | 304 Pages | 9781781165591

A dysfunctional British nuclear family seek a new life away from the big city in the sleepy Somerset countryside. At first their new home, The Hollow, seems to embrace them, creating a rare peace and harmony within the family. But when the house turns on them, it seems to know just how to hurt them the most—threatening to destroy them from the inside out. 

A stand-alone novel from acclaimed author Kim Newman.
Kim Newman is a well known and respected author and movie critic. He writes regularly for Empire Magazine and contributes to The GuardianThe TimesTime Out and others. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
"Truly frightening" - Fashionista Piranha

"Very rewarding." -  Popcorn Reads

"While the story shares some DNA with the classic movie Poltergeist, Newman has his own story to tell, in his own way, and he has some fine surprises in store for his unsuspecting readers. Nicely done." - Booklist

"Kim Newman gets inside your head like pollen off a field of wildflowers; the pleasant idyllic turns full of suffocating dread. Thoroughly enjoyable, master storytelling." – Lauren Beukes, bestselling author of The Shining Girls

"Some very good surprises in store for his unsuspecting readers. Nicely done." - Booklist

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A dysfunctional British nuclear family seek a new life away from the big city in the sleepy Somerset countryside. At first their new home, The Hollow, seems to embrace them, creating a rare peace and harmony within the family. But when the house turns on them, it seems to know just how to hurt them the most—threatening to destroy them from the inside out. 

A stand-alone novel from acclaimed author Kim Newman.

Author

Kim Newman is a well known and respected author and movie critic. He writes regularly for Empire Magazine and contributes to The GuardianThe TimesTime Out and others. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.

Praise

"Truly frightening" - Fashionista Piranha

"Very rewarding." -  Popcorn Reads

"While the story shares some DNA with the classic movie Poltergeist, Newman has his own story to tell, in his own way, and he has some fine surprises in store for his unsuspecting readers. Nicely done." - Booklist

"Kim Newman gets inside your head like pollen off a field of wildflowers; the pleasant idyllic turns full of suffocating dread. Thoroughly enjoyable, master storytelling." – Lauren Beukes, bestselling author of The Shining Girls

"Some very good surprises in store for his unsuspecting readers. Nicely done." - Booklist

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