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The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story (Woman in Black, Bk 1)
The Woman in Black A Ghost Story - Woman in Black, Bk 1 Author:Susan Hill Arthur Kipps is an up-and-coming London solicitor who is sent to Crythin Gifford -- a faraway town in the windswept salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway -- to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of a client, Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House. Mrs. Drablow's house stands at the end of the causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, bu... more »t Kipps is unaware of the tragic secrets that lie hidden behind its sheltered windows. The routine business trip he anticipated quickly takes a horrifying turn when he finds himself haunted by a series of mysterious sounds and images -- a rocking chair in a deserted nursery, the eerie sound of a pony and trap, a child’s scream in the fog, and, most terrifying of all, a ghostly woman dressed all in black. Psychologically terrifying and deliciously eerie, The Woman in Black is a remarkable thriller of the first rate.« less
This book really creeped me out, but it was a really good story. Also, it accurately portrays a residual haunting which made me happy that it was realistic.