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Late one summer evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn. He stumbles across a derelict Edwardian house, and compelled by curiosity, approaches the door. Standing before the entrance, he feels the unmistakable sensation of a small cold hand creeping into his own, 'as if a child had taken hold of it'. At first he is merely puzzled by the odd incident but then begins to suffer attacks of fear and panic, and is visited by nightmares. He is determined to learn more about the house and its once-magnificent, now overgrown garden but when he does so, he receives further, increasingly sinister, visits from the small hand.

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'No one chills the heart like Susan Hill.' -- The Daily Telegraph 'A beautiful volume housing a chilling take on the good old-fashioned ghost story.' -- Red Magazine 'A classic ghost story with the same combination of charm and chill which characterised The Woman in Black.' -- The Independent on Sunday

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Susan Hill is a prize-winning novelist, having been awarded the Whitbread, Somerset Maugham and John Llewelyn Rhys awards, as well as having been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She wrote Mrs de Winter, the bestselling sequel to Rebecca, and the ghost story The Woman in Black, which was adapted for the stage and became a great success in the West End. Her books include a collection of exquisite short stories, The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read, and the highly successful crime novel series about the detective Simon Serrailler. Susan Hill lives in Gloucestershire, where she runs her own small publishing firm, Long Barn Books. Cameron Stewart is an experienced audiobook narrator who has lent his voice to more than a hundred audiobooks. Among the titles he has narrated are The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Anthony Beevor and The Undercover Economist Strikes Back by Tim Harford.

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