Whispers In The Dark
By (Author) Jonathan Aycliffe
Little, Brown Book Group
Constable
16th October 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
288
Width 161mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
230g
At the end of the nineteenth century Charlotte Metcalf is a child of good fortune: a prosperous father, a loving mother, a loved brother all cocoon her from the fears of the outside world. But then her father dies and she is plunged into poverty and the workhouse becomes her miserable home.
Yet Charlotte escapes, determined to find her lost brother, and her search brings her to Barras Hall, home of unknown relations where fine clothes, good food and wealth seem to promise her all she desires. But at night the horror begins of sound and sense, surpassing all earthy terror. And Charlotte finds that daytime comfort comes at a price...and she must fulfil her terrible destiny.Praise for Jonathan Aycliffe: Aycliffe has a fine touch Independent Aycliffe conjures up a feeling of dread that deepens with each unsettling incident Time Out Naomi s Room must rank among the finest of English ghost stories They certainly don t come more dark or fearsome. Newcastle Evening ChronicleJonathan Aycliffe was born in Belfast in 1949. He studied English, Persian, Arabic and Islamic studies at the universities of Dublin, Edinburgh and Cambridge, and lectured at the universities of Fez in Morocco and Newcastle upon Tyne. The author of several ghost stories, he lives in the north of England with his wife. He also writes as Daniel Easterman, under which name he has penned several bestselling thrillers.