the secret behind the events lies somewhere in her childhood. Her attempts to discover the truth, however, drive her father increasingly nasty and turn Nazareth Hill into a hell on earth.

1996 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by Graham Masterton

Despite the fact that the old mansion, Valhalla, is known to echo with the sounds of terrible sobbing, Craig Bellman is determined to live there. His frightened wife hires a spiritualist to try and rid the place of its fearsome vibrations. But even when death and injury continue to disturb Valhalla, Bellman’s obsession drives him relentlessly towards a terrible conclusion.

1997 FOG HEART by Thomas Tessier

When two couples are haunted by, respectively, the father of one wife and messages from the dead daughter of the other, they consult a powerful young medium named Oona. The four people and their guide have to endure a number of psychic attacks and sadistic disturbances before Oona’s conviction that the four are somehow connected finally enables them to resolve the frightening situation.

1998 BAG OF BONES by Stephen King

Mike Noonan has mourned for his beloved wife Jo for some time when he meets a young widow, Mattie and her daughter, Kyra. He agrees to help them in a custody case being brought by Mattie’s wealthy father-in-law and soon finds himself being haunted by a vengeful ghost. The spirit is that of a black woman gang-raped and forced to witness the murder of her child and it is through her that the custody case is won.

1999 SUSPICION by Barbara Rogan

Ghost story writer Emma Roth hopes that the old Victorian house on the North Shore of Long Island will help her work. Instead, cruel remarks begin appearing on her computer, her manuscript is tampered with and there is every indication the house is haunted. But Emma remains sceptical and begins to wonder whether she is losing her mind or – perhaps – someone very close is trying to destroy her.

2000 MISCHIEF by Douglas Clegg

Harrow Academy is a private boy’s school located in an old haunted mansion. Young Jim Hook is in his first year when the ghost of his brother, recently killed in a car accident with their father, visits him one night with a warning. A secret group of students try to induct Jim into their Cadaver Society and he has a powerful battle to wage against them and the other even more powerful force that inhabits the building before his life can return to normal. Clegg has written two further titles to complete the Harrow Academy series: The Infinite (2001) and Nightmare House (2003).

Endnotes

1 Mr Rogers was wrong, vide “Dombey and Son”, chapter xii.

2 N.B. – Can’t a ghost grip? I say it can.

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