Harvey Angell And The Ghost Child

Oct 9, 2024 1:31 AM

Author:Diana Hendry

Since the arrival of Harvey Angell at 131 Ballantyre Road, life is a little bit brighter for orphan Henry - even mean old Aunt Agatha isn't quite so miserable these days. Still, when she agrees to take everyone on holiday, Henry can't believe his luck. For the first time ever, he's about to see the sea.

Sibbald House isn't quite what he'd pictured - a dusty, tumbledown, creaking old cottage in a freezing, windswept Scottish fishing village. On the first night, Henry can't sleep a wink for the spooky moaning noises coming from somewhere within the house - and on discovering a hidden room with a ghostly secret, he knows he has to solve the mystery that the house - and the village - has been hiding for years.

It's time to enlist the help of the extraordinary Harvey Angell . . .

Reviews

Delicious prose - a riveting story

—— Mail on Sunday

Sharp and quirky

—— Independent

A lovely book - funny, imaginative and both clever and comforting

—— Sunday Telegraph

Grant's pacing in Urban Legends is impeccable . . . just a perfect end to the series . . . I can’t recommend Urban Legends and its predecessors highly enough

—— A Fantastical Librarian

Make[s] the kind of breathtaking journey I wanted to begin again the moment I'd finished

—— Awfully Big Reviews

Thrilling and chilling - but don't read it when home alone.

—— Amanda Craig , New Statesman

A suitably creepy tale of murder and urban exploration

—— Crime Review

The build-up of tension is so excellently handled that the desire to know what happens next has to be set against the fear that the revelation of what lies ahead is going to shock us well out of our comfort zone . . . she certainly knows how to play with a reader's nervous system

—— Robert Dunbar , INIS

A treat: original, beautifully written and very enjoyable

—— New Welsh Review

A darn good adventure.

—— Publishers Weekly, starred review

This novel is a chilling ghost story, a gripping adventure, and a heartwarming look at the often-painful pull of adulthood.

—— School Library Journal

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