Susan Hill Libri

Il giovane avvocato londinese Arthur Kipps viene incaricato dal principale di recarsi in uno sperduto villaggio per presenziare ai funerali di un'anziana cliente e occuparsi della gestione dell'eredità. La signora Drablow, vedova da poco dopo le nozze, viveva da reclusa in una lugubre dimora circondata da nebbiose paludi. Per Arthur, in procinto di sposarsi, è l'occasione di dimostrare finalmente le sue capacità. Così, quando al suo arrivo s'imbatte in una strana reticenza riguardo alla casa e alla sua eccentrica abitante, non se ne cura più di tanto. Né lo turba la presenza, al funerale, di una donna misteriosa e di antica bellezza di cui nessun altro sembra accorgersi. Ansioso di svolgere il suo incarico con efficienza e rapidità, Kipps decide, contro il parere di tutti, di fermarsi a dormire nella casa disabitata. Saranno notti da incubo, perché il terrore è una nebbia avvolgente come un sudario, il gemito del vento, il gracchiare di orridi uccelli, il pianto di un bambino, uno scalpitio lontano, un fruscio di vesti... Una donna in nero.

Few attend Mrs Alice Drablow’s funeral just the undertakers with shovels 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. In the 'Backstory' discover more classic ghost stories and some real-life ones too.

A collection of short stories both in the contemporary and traditional style. The book includes suggestions for writing and aims to encourage pupils to consider alternative ways of looking at a play or story. It is intended for class use and for GCSE examinations and coursework.

Tom's mother helps him get rid of his bad dreams one night at a time.

From the outside, the cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it just like any other place. It suffers from the same kinds of crime, is subject to the same pressures from a rapidly changing world, has the same hopes and fears as any number of towns up and down the land.When one day DC Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton's new Chief Constable, Kieran Bright, he is met by two plainclothes officers. He is asked to take the principal role in a difficult, potentially dangerous undercover operation and must leave town immediately, without telling anyone - not even his girlfriend Rachel, who has only just moved in with him. Meanwhile, Simon's sister Cat is facing difficult choices at work, as Lafferton's hospice closes its bedded units; and at home, as her daughter is presented with a glittering opportunity that they would struggle afford. And all is not well with Simon and Cat's step-mother, Judith, either. To complete his special op, Simon must inhabit the mind of the worst kind of criminal. This takes its toll on Simon and, as the op unfolds, also on the town and some of its most respected citizens.

'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL Simon Serrailler finds himself in devastating new territory as a sophisticated drugs network sets its sights on Lafferton and the surrounding villages DCS Simon Serrailler has long regarded drugs ops in the Lafferton area as a waste of time. Small-time dealers are picked up outside the local secondary school, they're given a fine or a suspended and away they go. And rinse and repeat. But when the body of a young drug addict is found in neighbouring Starly, the case pulls Simon into a whole new way of running drugs. The foot soldiers? Vulnerable local kids like Brookie and Olivia, who will give Simon a bitter taste of this new landscape... 'Hill's Serailler novels are as addictive as Rankin's' SCOTSMAN

World-changers. Rebels. Rejecters of the status quo. Throughout history, Christians were never meant to have a safe faith. Highlighting people throughout the millennia, Dangerous Faith is a compilation of faith, facts, and art that celebrates the faith lives of spiritual giants and inspires you to grow in your own personal faith.

Simon Serrailler's story began in The Various Haunts of Men (about a serial killer) and continued with The Pure in Heart (about a kidnapped schoolboy) Susan Hill is not afraid to tackle difficult issues, nor to face up to the realities of st