Books like When the Wind Blows by John Saul
John Saul’s *When the Wind Blows* introduces nine‑year‑old Christine Lyons, who has just settled into a house on the hill that has seen no children for fifty years. The house, with its old‑fashioned nursery on the third floor, holds centuries of unsaid whispers and an unsettling silence. As Christine sleeps under the dim lights of the nursery, the hidden terrors that have waited for generations slowly begin to reveal themselves. The novel centers on the anticipation and dread that have hung over the house, now intensified by the presence of one curious child.
First publish date: 1982
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: John Saul
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