Book Review – Page 31

The Nature Of Monsters by Clare Clark

This is a real pot-boiler set in the 18th century, drawing on the history of emergent medical science and the rise of myths and superstitions that accompanied it. Eliza has been steeped in women’s herbal lore, which traditionally has had power in her village; selfish and devious, with the help of her mother she plotsContinue reading “The Nature Of Monsters by Clare Clark”

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”