The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah

This is the second Hammer novel I’ve encountered and is a vast improvement on Jeanette Winterson’s The Daylight Gate, which is an immense relief, and means that I’ll be actively seeking out more Hammer tales. Sophie Hannah writes very tense psychological thrillers based firmly in real life, so it was interesting to read a spookyContinue reading “The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah”

The Stone Tape

Okay, a little digression from book reviews but I can’t resist – I’ve spent the evening watching a favourite film of mine which has just been re-issued on DVD after being quite hard to track down for several years. And if you are a fan of ghost stories, you simply have to watch this. TheContinue reading “The Stone Tape”