An eerie folk horror novel from the author of Cunning Folk , The Reddening , The Ritual , No One Gets Out Alive and the four times winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel.
James increased the terror, and among his living inheritors is Adam Nevill\' - Ramsey Campbell.
You don\'t read an Adam Nevill horror novel: you live it The Guardian \'In refining the tale of supernatural horror to its essence, M.
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A rite leading her and Izzy to a terrifying critical mass, where all will be lost or saved.
It\'s as if an ancient ritual was triggered when Jess crossed the threshold of the vicarage.
What appeared to be a routine job soon becomes a battle for Jess\'s sanity and the control of her child.
Not only is she stricken by the malign manipulation of the Vicarage\'s bleak past, but mercurial Flo is soon casting a baleful influence over young Izzy.
A sinister enigma determined to reveal itself to Jess and to drive her to the end of her tether.
And Nerthus House lives in the shadow of a malevolent secret.
Flo\'s vast home, Nerthus House, may resemble a stately vicarage in an idyllic village, but the labyrinthine interior is a dark, cluttered warren filled with pagan artefacts.
But if Jess can hold this job down, she and her daughter, Izzy, can begin a new life.
Flo Gardner - a disturbed shut-in and invalid. \'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.\' Struggling with money, raising a child alone and fleeing a volatile ex, Jess McMachen accepts a job caring for an elderly patient.
An eerie folk horror novel from the author of Cunning Folk , The Reddening , The Ritual , No One Gets Out Alive and the four times winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel
