The House on Cold Hill
The chilling, pulse-pounding ghost story by the no.1 bestseller - the perfect read for Halloween!
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Publisher Description
'Superbly creepy modern horror story' - Book of the Week, Sunday Mirror
Evil isn't born, it's built . . .
Moving from the heart of the city to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for born townies, Ollie Harcourt, his wife, Caro, and their twelve-year-old daughter, Jade. But when they view Cold Hill House – a huge, dilapidated, Georgian mansion – they are filled with excitement. Despite the financial strain of the move, Ollie sees Cold Hill House as a paradise for his animal-loving daughter, a base for his web-design business and a terrific long-term investment.
But, within days of moving in, it becomes apparent that the Harcourt family aren't the only residents in the house.
At first it is only a friend of Jade, talking to her on FaceTime, who sees a spectral woman standing behind her. Then there are more sightings of her, and increasingly disturbing occurrences. Two weeks after moving in, Caro, out in the garden, is startled to see faces staring out of an upstairs window of the house. The window of a room which may hold the secret to the house's dark history . . .
A room which does not appear to exist.
The House on Cold Hill is a chilling and suspenseful ghost story from the multi-million copy bestselling author of the award-winning Grace series, Peter James.
*****
Praise for The House on Cold Hill:
''Impeccable' – Sunday Times
'This novel from the brilliant Peter James had the hairs standing up on our arms from the first page' – Book of the Week, Heat Magazine
'James is a compelling storyteller, and he ratchets up the tension in increments, so that his readers will be suitably terrified. By the time you want to scream "Look behind you!", it's already too late' – Daily Mail
'James plays with your expectations - creating a convincing and genuinely terrifying tale that, in the best old-fashioned tradition, will frighten the wits out of you in a most enjoyable way' – Irish Sunday Mirror
'A great piece of escapism that will have you looking over your shoulder' – Scotsman
They Thought I was Dead was an instant no.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 13/05/2024
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The chains that rattle in this unsettling contemporary gothic are not spectral but financial: mortgages and work contracts that bind the owners to their haunted mansion. The Harcourts spouses Ollie, a website developer, and Caro, a property lawyer, along with daughter Jade move to a Georgia country house in need of repair and, it seems, exorcism. Jade thinks the haunting is charming until the phantoms turn threatening. And Ollie finds his own perceptions of reality are increasingly unreliable as his health and his business start to suffer. James (the Roy Grace mysteries) neatly interlaces the traditional (spooky old building, eccentric locals, legend of missing/murdered wife) with the modern (ghosts as persistent energy patterns that can interact with the Internet and cell phones), never losing the essential heart of the horror as it derails the lives of its victims. After an opening scene of gore, the novel takes time to build to its final unavoidable and understated tragedies.
