THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL

The huge blockbusting bestseller from Britain's No. 1 chiller writer TheCaleighs have had a terrible year... They need time and space, while theyawait the news they dread. Gabe has brought his wife, Eve, and daughters,Loren and Cally, down to Devon, to the peaceful seaside village of HollowBay. He can work and Eve and the kids can have some peace and quiet andperhaps they can try, as a family, to come to terms with what's happenedto them... Crickley Hall is an unusually large house on the outskirts ofthe village at the bottom of Devil's Cleave, a massive tree-lined gorge -the stuff of local legend. A river flows past the front garden. It'sperfect for them... if a bit gloomy. And Chester, their dog, seems reallyspooked at being away from home. And old houses do make sounds. And it'sconstantly cold. And even though they shut the cellar door every night,it's always open again in morning... The Secret of Crickley Hall is JamesHerbert's finest novel to date. It explores the darker, more obtuseterritories of evil and the supernatural. With brooding menace and risingtension, he masterfully and relentlessly draws the reader through to theultimate revelation - one that will stay to chill the mind long after thebook has been laid aside.