The Companion

A broken church window, smashed in a bid to contain the power trapped within its stained glass…

The desperate sobbing of a child who isn’t there…

When restoration expert Kit Farris moves into the adjoining Grange with his three daughters, how can he know what dark forces his work will unleash?

A finer, more chilling ghostly novel than most of those recently published. Mr Damp deserves a place in the gallery of great English night creatures. M. R. James might have been proud to have created him, and I certainly would be.

Ramsey Campbell

A high energy fantasy with very powerful scenes… a chilling and dramatic end.

Books for Keeps.

This is an excellent book, which celebrates and transcends genre. As much family story as ghost story. A tense drama of abuse, neglect and longing. An old-fashioned ghost tale with a modern edge, consciously a tribute to M R James in its setting and atmosphere. It echoes a book such as Margaret Mahy’s The Changeover in its depiction of children rallying their defences against the urgency of adult appetites.

Neil Philip, The Times

Truly, a Jamesian romp. The author uses his sources with care, in a well-plotted mystery with some genuine chills

Rosemary Pardoe, Ghosts and Scholars