Author:Martyn Waites,Penelope Rawlins
The fully authorised chilling sequelto Susan Hill's bestselling ghost-story, The Woman in Black, released in 2012 as a film featuring Daniel Radcliffe. This is the book the follow-up film starring Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Phoebe Fox will be based on.
Autumn 1940, World War Two. Bombs are raining down, destroying the cities of Britain.
The evacuations begin, and soon children are being taken to the country for safety. Teacher Eve Parkins is in charge of one such group. The children are scared and Eve does her best to calm them, but the truth is that she too is haunted by a personal tragedy she cannot put behind her.
Their destination is Eel Marsh House. Desolate and forlorn, it is situated on a causeway and is sinking into the treacherous tidal marshes that surround it.
Far from home and with no alternative, Eve and the children move in.
But soon it becomes apparent that there is someone else in the house with them, someone Eve can't see but who is far more deadly than any number of German bombs ...
The Woman in Black.
The Woman in Black is back, and she is just as terrifying in this sequel as she was in Susan Hill's creepy classic....Brilliantly claustrophobic and utterly chilling, Angel of Death is genuinely jump-out-of-your-seat frightening.
—— Daily MailEek, this is the sequel to classic chiller, The Woman in Black. This time, the terrifying spirit is scaring the bejesus out of small kids (and us) in a creepy, creaking house in 1940.
—— Star MagazineAn elegant novelisation.
—— Peter Bradshaw , GuardianThis is a weighty novel worthy of universal acclaim. A sense of dread prevades this beautifully written novel. As The Book Thief draws to a close, Death says: "There's a multitude of stories that i allow to distract me as I work." The story of the Book Thief, who tried to change the world in her own small way, proves one formidable and inspiring distraction.
—— The Daily ExpressBrilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that could be life-changing
—— New York Times Book Review...breathtakingly good.
—— The BooksellerA magical tale.
—— Elle...a fantastic book...it packs a huge emotional punch.
—— The BooksellerA tonic much needed amid the ominous menace of an era of such calamity.
—— FT magazineQuirky, engaging and beautifully written
—— Woman and HomeHis faith in the transformative power of storytelling bestows this gentle but worthwhile novel with its own narrative strength and power.
—— MetroAbsorbing and searing
—— Washington PostA major achievement
—— PeopleDeserves a place on the shelf with The Diary of Anne Frank - set to become a classic
—— USA Today