The Protocols of Gideon Blake

There are places where silence lingers longer than it should. On the rugged coast of North Yorkshire lies Ravens Dell a forgotten valley its cottages crumbling at the edge of the sea. When Gideon Blake scientist and investigator of the unexplained receives a desperate letter with only one line he sets out for the remote Cliff End Cottage. Inside its walls a mother and child are haunted by something more than shadows: knocking that comes from nowhere whispers in the night and a figure at the window that should not exist.As Gideon follows the traces of the past he uncovers the fate of a woman who vanished in the 1970s and whose presence seems bound to the valley itself. What begins as a quiet investigation becomes a journey into forgotten histories grief and the thin line between memory and haunting. Call from the Cliffs is the opening chapter of The Gideon Blake Files a series blending atmosphere psychology and folklore. For readers who love stories where the past never truly rests.