The Woman in Black

I did not believe in ghostsFew attend Mrs Alice Drablows funeral and not one blood relative amongst them. There are undertakers with shovels of course a local official who would rather be anywhere else and one Mr Arthur Kipps solicitor from London. He is to spend the night in Eel Marsh House the place where the old recluse died amidst a sinking swamp a blinding fog and a baleful mystery about which the townsfolk refuse to speak.Young Kipps expects a boring evening alone sorting out paperwork and searching for Drablows will. But when the high tide pens him in what he finds or rather what finds him - is something else entirely.In the Backstory discover more classic ghost stories and some real-life ones too.Vintage Childrens Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alices Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Review No one chills the heart like Susan Hill ―Daily TelegraphAn excellent ghost story… magnificently eerie… compulsive reading ―Evening StandardA rattling good yarn the sort that chills the mind as well as the spine ―GuardianHeartstoppingly chilling ―Daily ExpressTerrifying... creepy classic ―Daily Mail About the Author Susan Hill has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread the John Llewellyn Rhys and the Somerset Maugham and have been shortlisted for the Booker. She was awarded a CBE in the Queens Diamond Jubilee Honours. Her novels include Strange Meeting Im the King of the Castle and A Kind Man. She has also published autobiographical works and collections of short stories as well as the Simon Serrailler series of crime novels. The play of her ghost story The Woman in Black has been running in Londons West End since 1988. She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.