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A review by nigellicus
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
5.0
Deliciously spooky ghost story, written, constructed and paced to absolute perfection. The debt to MR James is graciously acknowledged, and it saves its greatest shock for the final page, leaving the reader gasping with horror.
Arthur Kipps, junior solicitor is despatched to a remote, windswept, fog-bound corner of Britain, where Eel Marsh House rests far out on a lonely causeway, cut off for hours at a time by the tide. There he is to put the affairs of the deceased client in order. The locals are nervous, however, and at the funeral he sees a woman dressed all in black who is invisible to his companion. Strange sounds, odd occurrences, terrifying encounters on a fog-bound road: this could so easily have slipped into pastiche, but Susan Hill carries it off with aplomb. Spot-on reading for this time of the year.
Arthur Kipps, junior solicitor is despatched to a remote, windswept, fog-bound corner of Britain, where Eel Marsh House rests far out on a lonely causeway, cut off for hours at a time by the tide. There he is to put the affairs of the deceased client in order. The locals are nervous, however, and at the funeral he sees a woman dressed all in black who is invisible to his companion. Strange sounds, odd occurrences, terrifying encounters on a fog-bound road: this could so easily have slipped into pastiche, but Susan Hill carries it off with aplomb. Spot-on reading for this time of the year.