A classic ghost story, by the author of"The Woman in Black."
One dark and rainy night, Sir James Monmouth returns to London after years spent travelling alone.
Intent on uncovering the secrets of his childhood hero, the mysterious Conrad Vane, he begins to investigate Vane's life, but he finds himself warned off at every turn.
Before long he realises he is being followed too. A pale, thin boy is haunting his every step but every time he tries to confront the boy he disappears. And what of the chilling scream and desperate sobbing only he can hear?
His quest leads him...

Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college. But, walking by the river, Thomas sees a young girl standing on the bridge. It is an apocalyptic vision, one that alters Thomas s life irrevocably and tragically, but with the beauty of the joy of a love never previously imagined."

Mrs de Winter is the critically acclaimed sequel to Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. Married to the sophisticated and worldly wise Maxim, the 2nd Mrs de Winter should be leading a happy and fulfilled life, but the vengeful ghost of Rebecca prevents this.

Set in Victorian England, Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor in London, is summoned to Crythin Gifford to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, and to sort through her papers before returning to London. It is here that Kipps first sees the woman in black and begins to gain an impression of the mystery surrounding her. From the funeral he travels to Eel Marsh House and sees the woman again, plus he also hears the terrifying sounds of adult and child passengers sinking into the quicksand on a pony and trap.

Despite Kipps's experiences he resolves to spend the night at the house and fulfil...

Unexpected liaisons, relationships and sympathies, isolated and odd individuals all feature in this collection of short stories.

Simon Serrailler has just wrapped up a difficult case for SIFT (Special Incident Flying Taskforce) & is on a sabbatical on a far flung Scottish island when he is called back to Lafferton by the Chief Constable. Two local prostitutes have gone missing & are subsequently found strangled. By the time he gets back, another girl has disappeared.

A gunman is terrorising young women in the cathedral town of Lafferton. What, if anything, links the apparently random murders? DCS Simon Serrailler tries to 'think' himself into the gunman's head.

Freak weather and flash floods all over southern England. Half of Lafferton is afloat. A landslip on the Moor has closed the bypass and, as the rain slowly drains away, a shallow grave - and a skeleton - are exposed. The remains are identified as those of missing teenager, Harriet Lowther, last seen 16 years ago.

The farmhouse was called 'The Beacon' and they had been born and reared there, May, Colin, Frank and Berenice, but only Frank had gotten away. He married and moved on but why does no one dare even to mention Frank's name?

A lonely woman of fifty-three vanishes in fog; a fat twenty-two-year-old never returns from an early morning walk . . .
Experienced policemen know that most missing persons either turn up or go missing on purpose. But fresh young D.S. Freya Graffham won t drop it until she discovers what links the people who disappear on The Hill, young and old, men and women, even a little dog. Susan Hill writes with compassion, humour and a unique understanding of the details of daily life.

From the Paperback edition."