The House on Cold Hill

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Label

The House on Cold Hill

Statement of responsibility

Peter James

Creator

• James, Peter, 1948-

Subject

• Ghosts -- Fiction
• Haunted houses -- Fiction
• Moving, Household -- Fiction
• Families -- Fiction
• Suspense fiction

Genre

• Suspense fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Moving from the heart of the city of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for born townies, Ollie Harcourt, his wife, Caro, and their twelve-year-old daughter, Jade. But when they view Cold Hill House - a huge, dilapidated, Georgian mansion - they are filled with excitement. Despite the financial strain of the move, Ollie has dreamed of living in the country since he was a child, and with its acres of land, he sees Cold Hill House as a paradise for his animal-loving daughter, a base for his web-design business and a terrific long-term investment. Caro is less certain, and Jade is grumpy about being removed from all her friends. But within days of moving in, it soon becomes apparent that the Harcourt family aren't the only residents in the house. At first it is only a friend of Jade, talking to her on Facetime, who sees a spectral woman standing behind her. Then there are more sightings of her, as well as increasingly disturbing occurrences in the house. Two weeks after moving in, Caro, out in the garden, is startled to see faces staring out of an upstairs window of the house. The window of a room which holds the secret to the house's dark history ...a room which does not appear to exist

Cataloging source

APLS

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction