The remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn, lost and damp even in the height of summer. At Iyot Lock, a large decaying house, two young cousins, Leonora and Edward, are parked for the summer with their ageing spinster aunt and her cruel housekeeper. At first the unpleasantness and petty meannesses appear simply spiteful, calculated to destroy Edward's equanimity. But when spoilt Leonora is not given the birthday present of a specific dolly that she wants, affairs inexorably take a much darker turn with terrifying, life-destroying consequences for everyone.
Susan Hill is the winner of numerous literary prizes. In 2012 she was awarded a CBE for her services to literature. Author of the Simon Serrailler crime series and numerous other novels her literary memoir Howard's End is on the Landing and the ghost stories The Man In The Picture The Small Hand Dolly and Printers Devil Court are all published by Profile. The Woman in Black which was has been running in the West End for over twenty-five years and was a huge film in 2012 is published by Profile in hardback.
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