Author Archives: Jo

The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert

I’m not a huge Herbert fan, but the promise of a ghost story is one I find to resist, and this is an effective chiller that does not disappoint. A traumatised family rent the foreboding Crickley Hall to temporarily escape the pressure of the loss of their son. But the Hall has terrifying secrets andContinue reading “The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert”

The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney

A much anticipated second novel, and in my opinion better than The Tenderness of Wolves, this is a real honeysuckle – with subtle notes it twines its way into your consciousness. Ray is a private detective hired by Leo, a Romany gypsy, to find his daughter Rose, who has been missing for seven years. RayContinue reading “The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney”