The Small Hand

This is the chilling tale of a man in the grip of a small, invisible hand...an exceptional and bestselling ghost story by the author of "The Woman in Black" and "The Man in the Picture". Late one summers 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 and its once-magnificent, now overgrown garden but when he does so, he receives further, increasingly sinister, visits from the small hand.

ISBN 1846682401   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781846682407 (What's this?)   Pages 204 Publisher Profile Books Ltd   Published in London Imprint Profile Books Ltd   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 129 Publication date 07 Jul 2011   Academic level General DEWEY 823.914

"'Masterfully done... subtle, elegant' (The Times) 'Short and crisply told... The tension is built up gradually until it is taut and physical' (Independent) 'On chilling form' (Vogue) 'Beautifully evoked... what's most impressive is what hangs between the spare lines of Hill's precise prose... this is a wonderful piece of storytelling that does what a good story ought to do: it keeps you guessing, pulls you in' (Jeremy Dyson, Guardian)"

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