This House Is Haunted

"This House Is Haunted draws on some of the great ghost-loving writers of the past, Charles Dickens and Henry James foremost among them. It’s 1867, perfect timing for a Gothic creepfest. A bereaved governess minds two “intelligent” children at Gaudlin Hall in Norfolk, England. Frights close in as no-nonsense protagonist Eliza Caine discovers the string of horrific deaths that have befallen the great house. She suffers “accidents” — attacked by a savage dog, pushed from a window, painfully scalded. “I find human nature to be a very disturbing thing,” she opines. Boyle’s smart dialogue and scene-setting give the book cinematic appeal."