The Secret of Crickley Hall.
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We begin the book at Crickley Hall and right from the start you can feel that this place is a troubled place, a place of great unhappiness and evil.

The book initially centres around the family Caleigh. Father Gabe, his wife Eve and their two daughters Cally and Loren. They have an unhappy past, there should have been a son, Cameron, who disappeared one day and has never been seen since.
This sadness shadows the whole family and they all struggle to cope with it.
And then they move into Crickley Hall and things go from bad to terrifying!

Located in the Devils Gorge in Devon and seemingly always shrouded by rain and chilling mists, Crickley Hall is a grim and awful place. Why Gabe would go there with his family is the only fault to the story this book has.
The house holds dark secrets revolving aound starvation, torture, child abuse and murder.
Now that the Caleigh family has taken up residence the house comes to life or rather tries to bring death to its inhabitants.
The above really does no justice to a truly gripping read.
The writing is simply brilliant and atmospheric. The characters are well rounded and easy to empathise with.
The story builds and builds and the conclusion is ghastly and sad.
Read this book it's a cracker and well worth your time.
Very Highly Recommended.

Written by James Herbert.