Category : Fiction / Crime and Thriller and Horror
Long before Dickens and James popularized the tradition, the long and shadowy nights of winter have been a time for people to gather together by the flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating thrill of a spooky tale.
Now nine bestselling, award-winning authors - all of them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring this time-honoured tradition to life in a spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling tales.
Taking you from the frosty fens of Cambridgeshire, to the snow-covered grounds of a country estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these mesmerizing stories will capture your imagination and serve as your indispensable companion to cold, dark nights. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the ghostly spell of winters past . . .
The Haunting Season features new and original tales from:
Bridget Collins
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding
Sara Collins
Costa First Novel Award-winning author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Imogen Hermes Gowar
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies
Andrew Michael Hurley
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Loney
Jess Kidd
International award-winning author of Things in Jars
Elizabeth Macneal
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory
Natasha Pulley
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Laura Purcell
Award-winning author of The Silent Companions