Eel Marsh house stands alone, surveying the windswept salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Once, Mrs Alice Drablow lived here as a recluse. Now, Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor with a London firm, is summoned to attend her funeral, unaware of the tragic and terrible secrets which lie behind the house's shuttered windows.
It is not until he glimpses a young woman with a wasted face, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a sense of profound unease begins to creep over him and take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk about the woman in black or what happens whenever she is seen.
And Kipps has to stay on in the lonely house, sorting out Mrs. Drablow's papers, when the mist begins to enshroud both it and its surrounding graveyard and the high tide cuts it off from the world beyond.
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"A good little creepy read, wasn't really as frightening as I was expecting based on other reviews I had read but still enjoyed it. The writing was lovely too, if someone told me it was written in the early 1900's i would have believed it. " — GemS (4 out of 5 stars)
"A good little creepy read, wasn't really as frightening as I was expecting based on other reviews I had read but still enjoyed it. The writing was lovely too, if someone told me it was written in the early 1900's i would have believed it. "
" This is a typical scary story, the likes of which would be told in a dark drawing room or around a camp fire, but I loved it! "
" Think it's much scarier to see it done right. A little hard to follow in the beginning. "
" I was expecting much more from this book and was disapointed it ended so soon. "
" Wonderfully descriptive. I doubt that I will watch the game, there are some really scary jumpy moments in the book, I don't think I can handle it visually on the screen. "
" I really liked this.it was an easy read maybe a little predictable but enjoyable none the less. A few descriptive passages are memorable to me.shorter than i thought it would be! "
" is a very scary book "
" supremely atmospheric tale that sent shivers down my spine throughout, read this after seeing the splendid stage play years ago and despite knowing the plot it still got read in one sitting. Read it this winter! "
" Less jumpy than the play, after all can a book be jumpy? But without the book there would be no play, and the book is incredibly well written, it certainly tingled my spine! "
" I picked up this book because I had seen the theatre production. Not overly spooky, but the atmosphere is kept throughout the book. A great short read. "
" Not scary and totally predictable. The reviews totally set me up for disappointment. "
" Subtle, atmosphere-rich story that builds slowly and only unnfolds in its full horror towards the very end. Very effective ghost story in the traditional vein. "
" Definitely scary! I'm glad I read most of it during my morning commute, because the few chapters I read alone in the dark were freaky. Can't wait to see Daniel Radcliffe in the movie. "
" Short, sweet, and delightfully creepy. Less is definitely more in this book, and I thought the author did a great job of using her prose to evoke a bygone era all while being subtly spooky. "
" written as an old-fashioned ghost story, good atmosphere. "
" So, so rehatch of the Gothic genre with a too predictable ending but a few good thrills along the way. "
Susan Hill, the author of novels and short stories that have won the Whitbread, Somerset Maugham, and John Llewellyn Rhys awards, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Her famous ghost story, The Woman in Black, has been a play on London’s West End and is the basis for a major feature film starring Daniel Radcliffe. Her crime novels featuring DCS Simon Serrailler are currently being adapted for TV. She has been a monthly columnist for the London Daily Telegraph. She has also written several nonfiction books and books for children, with Can It Be True? winning the Smarties Prize.
Paul Ansdell has been an actor and voice actor for over twenty years and can be heard as a narrator of numerous audiobooks.
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