The Small Hand & Dolly

The Small Hand & Dolly
Author: Susan Hill
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345806662

A HAUNTING PAIR OF GHOST STORIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN IN BLACK The Small Hand Antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn and stumbles upon a derelict Edwardian house with a lush, overgrown garden. As he approaches the door, he is startled to feel the unmistakable sensation of a small, cold hand creeping into his own, almost as though a child has taken hold of it. Shaken, he returns home to find himself plagued by nightmares. But when he decides to investigate the house’s mysteries, he is troubled by increasingly sinister visitations. Dolly After being orphaned at a young age, Edward Cayley is sent to spend the summer with his forbidding Aunt Kestrel at Iyot house, her decaying estate on the damp, lonely fens in the west of England. With him is his spoiled, spiteful cousin Leonora. And when Leonora’s birthday wish for a beautiful doll is denied, she unleashes a furious rage which will haunt Edward through the years to come.

The Small Hand

The Small Hand
Author: Susan Hill
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2023-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1529913438

A terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. Late one summer evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn. He stumbles across a derelict Edwardian house and, compelled by curiosity, approaches the door. Standing before the entrance, he feels the unmistakable sensation of a small cold hand creeping into his own, 'as if a child had taken hold of it'. At first he is merely puzzled by the odd incident but then begins to suffer attacks of fear and panic, and is visited by nightmares. He is determined to learn more about the house. But when he does, he receives further, increasingly sinister, visits from the small hand.

True Sisters

True Sisters
Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250005027

Four women seeking the promise of salvation and prosperity in a new land.

System

System
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 686
Release: 1911
Genre: Business
ISBN:

Dolly

Dolly
Author: Susan Hill
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-10-12
Genre: Ghost stories
ISBN: 9781529913385

A terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. The remoter parts of the English Fens are unruly, deserted and damp, even in the height of summer. In Iyot Lock stands a large, decaying house, belonging to Leonora and Edward's Aunt Kestrel. The pair are cousins, who were both sent to their aunt's creepy house for the summer when they were children. At the time, Leonora was angry and upset when she received the wrong dolly for her birthday. At the time, Edward told himself that the noises he heard around the house were in his head. But now, 40 years later, the terrifying consequences of what happened to Leonora's birthday doll are just beginning to surface...

Code Black

Code Black
Author: Charle Ryan
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
Total Pages: 288
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1628159057

WHEN THE CLOCK STOPS TICKING— CODE BLACK Struggling to overcome nightmares about his traumatic past, ex-Navy SEAL Matt Marquette is inadvertently drawn into a terrorist conspiracy after the murder of a young couple and the destruction of his fishing boat in Puget Sound. Searching among the wreckage, Matt uncovers the terrorists' quarry—the final element to a biological bomb. Within hours, Matt's quiet life is shattered as he becomes the center of a police manhunt and the target of assassins determined to reclaim the doomsday device. Armed with only his SEAL training and survival instincts, Matt must undertake the most critical mission he's ever faced—to save an entire city from annihilation. “A true master of adventure!”—Clive Cussler “Ryan knows how to spin a yarn.”—The New York Times Book Review

Motor Age

Motor Age
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1628
Release: 1912
Genre: Automobile industry and trade
ISBN:

Iron Age

Iron Age
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1574
Release: 1914
Genre: Hardware
ISBN: