The Witches

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Witches
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Curtis
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreHorror and ghost stories
Fantasy
ISBN/Barcode 9780099553847
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cornerstone
Imprint Hammer
Publication Date 10 March 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A masterpiece of sinister malevolence, The Witches is a classic horror novel Walwyk seemed a dream village to the new schoolteacher, Miss Mayfield. But dreams can change into nightmares...When one of her students accuses his friend Ethel's grandmother of abusing her, Miss Mayfield cannot let it go. But Ethel won't say anything, despite the evidence of Miss Mayfield's own eyes. But as she attempts to get to the truth of the matter, she stumbles on something far more sinister. Walwyk seems to be in the grip of a centuries-old evil, and anybody who questions events in the village does not last long.Death stalks more than one victim, and Miss Mayfield begins to realise that if she's not careful, she will be the next to die...

Author Biography

Peter Curtis is the pseudonym for Norah Lofts. As Norah Lofts she published numerous historical novels that are still in print today.

Reviews

Flesh-creeping * Daily Telegraph * Intensely suspenseful, powerfully underplayed, subtly authoritative * New York Times * Quite, quite different... eerie, horrific, brilliant * Guardian *