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The Small Hand and Dolly: Two Novels
The Small Hand
Antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn and stumbles upon a derelict Edwardian house with a lush, overgrown garden. As he approaches the door, he is startled to feel the unmistakable sensation of a small, cold hand creeping into his own, almost as though a child has taken hold of it. Shaken, he returns home to find himself plagued by nightmares. But when he decides to investigate the house's mysteries, he is troubled by increasingly sinister visitations.
Dolly
After being orphaned at a young age, Edward Cayley is sent to spend the summer with his forbidding Aunt Kestrel at Iyot house, her decaying estate on the damp, lonely fens in the west of England. With him is his spoiled, spiteful cousin Leonora. And when Leonora's birthday wish for a beautiful doll is denied, she unleashes a furious rage which will haunt Edward through the years to come.
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: Sep 24th, 2013
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.10in - 0.70in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780345806659
- Categories: • Ghost• Horror - General• Literary
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What people are saying
Indie/horror/LGBT/classics. 2021 HWA Specialty Press Award. 'Valancourt's publications may be just what you're looking for.' - Michael Dirda, Washington Post
In 2023 we'll be reissuing two novels by the queen of domestic horror, Celia Dale: A HELPING HAND (1966) and A DARK CORNER (1971). Susan Hill has called her the "mistress of the bizarre truth behind normal facades; she knows how to build an edifice of looming terror".
Praise for this book
--The New York Times Book Review
"Thanks to Hill's deceptively simple plots and straightforward prose, you won't even notice the noose she's slipping around your throat."
--The Seattle Times
"Subtle, intelligent, shocking. . . . Shatters nerves with a whisper, not a scream."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A ghost-story duo that may remind many readers of [Stephen] King at his absolute best. . . . Turn on the lights, readers. These tales are the definition of bone chilling."
--Suspense Magazine
"Masterfully done. . . . Subtle, elegant."
--The Times (London)
"Spine-tingling fiction."
--The Tattler (London)
"An assuredly chilling ghost story."
--The Guardian (London)
What people are saying
Indie/horror/LGBT/classics. 2021 HWA Specialty Press Award. 'Valancourt's publications may be just what you're looking for.' - Michael Dirda, Washington Post
In 2023 we'll be reissuing two novels by the queen of domestic horror, Celia Dale: A HELPING HAND (1966) and A DARK CORNER (1971). Susan Hill has called her the "mistress of the bizarre truth behind normal facades; she knows how to build an edifice of looming terror".