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Charles, a retired Cambridge professor, lives in the same house where his young daughter Naomi was savagely murdered. After a series of gruesome murders that confound investigators, eerie phenomena begin to surface in Naomi’s old bedroom. The house’s inhabitants experience strange dreams, hostile presences, and a growing sense of dread. Secrets of former residents lurk within the walls, unknown to the current occupants, blurring the lines between normality, madness, life, and death.
Set in a haunted house, the novel explores how past trauma can reopen itself in the seemingly ordinary surroundings.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Jonathan Aycliffe
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