From the No 1 bestselling author of The American Boy & The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas
- Broken Voices The Leper House & The Scratch
- perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley Three dark tales to read by the fireside in the cold winter months BROKEN VOICES It's Christmas before the Great War & two lonely schoolboys have been left in the care of an elderly teacher There is little to do but listen to his eerie tales about the nearby Cathedral The boys concoct a plan to discover if the stories are true But curiosity can prove fatal THE LEPER HOUSE One stormy night a man's car breaks down The only light comes from a remote cottage by the sea The mysterious woman who lives there begs him to leave yet the next day he feels compelled to return But the woman is nowhere to be seen & neither is the cottage THE SCRATCH Clare & Gerald live in the Forest of Dean with their cat Cannop Gerald's young nephew back from service in Afghanistan comes to stay with a scratch that won't heal Jack & Cannop don't like each other Clare & Jack like each other too much The scratch begins to fester