5/12/2023 0 Comments The small hand by susan hill![]() ![]() The tension is built up gradually until it is taut and physical * Independent * Part of the fear she conjures up, then, is a sense that this could happen to anyone. ![]() As seductive as it is disquieting, atmospheric and brilliantly suspenseful * The Lady * Short and crisply told. this is a wonderful piece of storytelling that does what a good story ought to do: it keeps you guessing, pulls you in - Jeremy Dyson * Guardian * Every bit the treat one would expect. ![]() what's most impressive is what hangs between the spare lines of Hill's precise prose. If the proof of a good ghost story is a bad dream, this one worked for me * Intelligent Life * On top form * Good Housekeeping * Beautifully evoked. And, as a bonus, the book has an exceptionally attractive cover * Spectator * On chilling form * Vogue * She builds suspense through easy, elegant prose. highly recommended for a chilly autumn evening by the fire. The sinister child, the rotting mansion, the monastery and the old books are of course familiar gothic props but Susan Hill uses them to lend depth, as an expert cook uses familiar ingredients to enrich a new recipe, and draws out new flavours from them in the process. This beautifully written novel may be short, but not one word is wasted. The entire narrative unrolls like a carpet. Superior chills from the author of The Woman in Black * Woman & Home * A distinguished modern exponent of the genre. ![]()
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