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The Woman in Black

by Susan Hill

At Eel Marsh House, grief wears black and never rests.

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About The Woman in Black

Junior solicitor Arthur Kipps travels to isolated Eel Marsh House to settle the affairs of Mrs Alice Drablow. After seeing a wasted woman dressed in black, he uncovers a local terror whose purpose the villagers are afraid to name.

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None
Darkness
Dark
Pacing
Balanced

Series

The Woman in Black · Book 1 of 2

Content warnings
  • child-death
  • death
  • grief
  • animal-death
  • mental-illness
  • panic-attacks
  • carriage-accident

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