British Ghosts

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King& Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE The Retreat offers an intensive rehabilitation for the soul, an isolated luxury wellness environment designed to heal and more importantly to forgive even if the harsh Scottish island location isn't. Guests are welcome on a strictly invitational basis only and the exclusive clientele have only one thing in common, guilt. They arrive as strangers but during therapy they will reveal their innermost secrets to each other in order to try and move forward in their lives and leave ...

First published in 1971, Gazetteer of British Ghosts was the result of a quarter of a century of study and on-the-spot investigations by one of the leading authorities on haunted houses. The first comprehensive guide to the ghost population of the British Isles, it covers a subject that still fascinates and, at the same time, still terrifies. The ghosts of Britain are numerous, and in this book (catalogued and placed in alphabetical order) are well over 200 accounts of ghostly happenings, ranging from the legendary to the factually presented and the scientifically investigated.

Zoe Forbes is a professional photographer who has recently escaped from a personal relationship and engaged upon trying to rebuild her life when a chance assignment takes her to the small town of Withramstowe and a mystery that challenged the very basis of her beliefs. Who us the mysterious teenager who appears to be trying to contact her? What is the secret of Enderby Hall and the Bartchester family? Intrigued, and with the help of an old friend from many years back, Greg Hollister she gets drawn ever deeper into the mystery of what may have happened somewhere in that house until finally ...

A Prodigal Daughter. A Seeping Malevolence. Her Ancestral Home. Anna Underestimated Her Legacy. That Was A Grave Mistake. Anna Markham’s old family home has come to her as an inheritance. Estranged from her family she has not visited the house in decades and now as she steps through the threshold of the abandoned house, left to her by her late sister, the air is thick with the scent of decay and the weight of unspoken histories. As Anna delves deeper into the heart of her inheritance, she is confronted by more than just the physical disrepair of the property. Shadows dance at the edge of ...

Five ghost stories and occult tales from the English West Country with a whiff of brimstone and a distinct dash of dry humour. Old Crotchet The year is 1920, and it's Twelfth Night by the old reckoning. Festivities are about to commence at Hinton St Cuthbert Manor when something sinister stirs from its protracted dormancy, awakened, it would seem, by the arrival of two young guests. The old ways, they find, should not be treated lightly. Gwydion’s Dawn Murder, mystery and magic: a satirical journey into the occult. Meet Gwydion Turner, an inept, portentous, psychedelic demon raiser; a ...

'The Girl in the Woods is a great psychological thriller which kept me glued to the pages.' Amazon reviewer 'A brilliant, creepy but very creative domestic noir' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'This psychological thriller kept my interest. How well do we really know someone?' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I finally have the family I've always dreamed of, so why do I feel like someone's stepped on my grave? Noel and I are desperate for a child, so when we're given the chance to adopt a young girl named Orchid, we eagerly seize it. We've been cautioned it will take time for Orchid to adjust ...

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE Gated is a UK & US Horror Chart Top 10 best seller, the 2015 Readers Favorite Gold Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & the 2014 Full Moon Awards Horror Book of the year. Michael and Emily are a happy and contented English couple, a writer and a school teacher. Their lives are complete when Emily falls pregnant, however their dreams are shattered one cold winter night by a car accident that robs them of their happiness. To overcome their loss they up stick and move to Eden ...

Inspector Witherspoon always triumphs...but how does he do it? Even the inspector himself doesn't know - because his secret weapon is as ladylike as she is clever. She's Mrs. Jeffries: the determined, delightful detective who is also Inspector Witherspoon's housekeeper.

Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first, you won't want to leave. Later, you'll find that you can't. Every nine years, the house's residents - an odd brother and sister - extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it's already too late....

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King& Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE THE GATED TRILOGY - Winner of multiple achievements including - a UK & US Horror Chart Top 10 best seller, 2015 Readers Favorite Gold Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & the 2014 Full Moon Awards Horror Book of the year. It was the chance of a lifetime for Avery Grant, the opportunity to run an election campaign for a candidate that seemed like the real deal. Christian Tolanson has risen through the ranks of British politics. A man with a unique ability to inspire those around ...

Neil Carson, a lifelong sceptic inherits his late uncle’s Victorian house where, in spite of life-long scepticism, he starts to experience increasingly weird events and seeing spectral figures all seemingly reliving a long forgotten tragedy. His scepticism is stretched still further when he meets the living counterpart of one of the spectres he has seen and then matters take a horrifying turn as those long-ago events start to play themselves out once more. Extract I suppose I must have been working sporadically for maybe an hour when suddenly I once again had that feeling that I wasn’t ...

It's Spring, and Oliver Cole is still finding his feet as a recently promoted Detective Sergeant. But that’s not the most important thing on his mind right now, it’s making sure he’s on time for the wedding of his friend and colleague, Debbie Swan. But one important person does not make the wedding. Called away when a body is discovered in Seaton Delaval, a small village 10 miles north of Newcastle, DCI Jack Collier must start the investigation without Oliver by his side. Oliver eventually joins him, and the investigation starts into the murder of Paul Tate, a seemingly innocent ...

This omnibus brings together seven of H.E. Bulstrode’s ghost stories originally published between 2016 and 2018. These are: The Ghost of Scarside Beck A newly-wed Cumbrian vicar and his wife experience a night like none they could ever have foreseen. He may have answered his calling, but who, or what, is calling her? Old Crotchet The year is 1920, and it's Twelfth Night by the old reckoning. Festivities are about to commence at Hinton St Cuthbert Manor when something sinister stirs from its protracted dormancy, awakened, it would seem, by the arrival of two young guests. The old ways, ...

As Izzie Firecracker dreams of Christmas in skimpy bikinis, her new husband changes the plan. The family business, a castle hotel on the Isle of Scree, is short of funds and can't refuse a wealthy American family who wants the 'Full Scottish Castle Experience' – complete with a resident ghost. But there is no ghost. Or is there? And no guest has murder in mind. Or do they? What Izzie presumed would be a quiet Christmas is anything but, and she's soon in a race against time to save the hotel, a guest's life - and a marriage! The Christmas Castle Ghost is the fourth and final book in the ...

Amber ignored the tales of Gull's Nest, the sea-cliff house shrouded in dark history. When she realizes the legends are terrifyingly real, it's already too late. Amber's world spiraled into the unknown when her brother, Jeremy, ignored all cautions and bought Gull's Nest, an eerie house perched on a sea cliff, notorious for its dark past. Jeremy's disturbing visions were hardly a shock, given his penchant for delving into the mystical, beyond mere earthly indulgences. Amber's visit to Gull's Nest took a chilling turn when she was greeted not by her brother, but by the police, demanding she ...

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE Hugo Montague was a man of boundless cruelty that lived on beyond his mortal days. The portrait that he commissioned has hung on many walls, but has always overseen tragedy and murder. The painting was long thought destroyed in a fire, but now there are those desperate to find the portrait if it still exists Travis Parker was an insurance investigator, but now he is a widower trapped within his own pain and broken promises. When he is approached by the mysterious Telfer Vargas...

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE The small desert town of Granton is a typical slow boiling pot of unfulfilled hopes and dreams. Every hard working day is much like any other here where little ever changes. Sheriff Cassie Wheeler runs a tight ship in the tradition of her late father. There is little serious crime to trouble her department, save for the local miners' occasional rowdiness after payday. But Granton has its share of secrets hiding behind twitching curtains and small town folks often have the ...

The House of Life & Death by Vann Chow is an epic narrative that spans generations, weaving together love, betrayal, history, and the supernatural. Elise’s world turns upside down when she stumbles upon her grandmother’s ancient diary, leading her into a web of dark family secrets and haunting supernatural forces. The diary reveals a deep connection to the House of Life, a mystical realm where the souls of the dead linger, shaped by Chinese folklore and ancient rituals. As Elise uncovers her family’s legacy, she learns that the House of Life is tied to a centuries-old curse rooted in ...

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE It has been 10 years since the events in the small picturesque town of Eden. Lives were forever altered as two newcomers found the courage to peek behind the curtain and bring Tolan Christian's reign to a violent end as the town burned around them. No-one was more affected than Sarah-Jane Mears. The once bubbly ball of good nature is now a shadow of the former woman she used to be. After travelling to try and find a new home she has eventually settled in Northern England. She ...

Someone, or something wants him out... "You MUST read this book... It's as scary as hell..." "I defy anyone not to be gripped by the opening paragraph..." Neil is counting the days until he can leave his terrifying student digs and go home for the holidays. For weeks he's suffered hearing harrowing noises in the middle of the night, and seeing things moving which shouldn’t. It’s all becoming clear: someone or something wants him out! When a psychic friend of the family confirms his worst fears, Neil and his fellow students can't bear to go back. Nothing is as it seems, and when ...