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The Coffin Path

'the scariest ghost story I have read in a long time' (Barbara Erskine)

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The Coffin Path

By: Katherine Clements
Narrated by: Helen Longworth
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**Longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown**

An eerie and compelling ghost story set on the dark wilds of the Yorkshire moors. For fans of The Witchfinder's Sister and The Silent Companions, this gothic tale will weave its way into your imagination and chill you to the bone.

'Spine-tingling... the scariest ghost story I have read in a long time' Barbara Erskine

'A wonderful, macabre evocation of a lost way of life' The Times

'Like something from Emily Bronte's nightmares' Andrew Taylor, author of The Ashes of London

Maybe you've heard tales about Scarcross Hall, the house on the old coffin path that winds from village to moor top. They say there's something up here, something evil.

Mercy Booth isn't afraid. The moors and Scarcross are her home and lifeblood. But, beneath her certainty, small things are beginning to trouble her. Three ancient coins missing from her father's study, the shadowy figure out by the gatepost, an unshakeable sense that someone is watching.

When a stranger appears seeking work, Mercy reluctantly takes him in. As their stories entwine, this man will change everything. She just can't see it yet.

What readers are saying about The Coffin Path:

'A fantastic eerie ghost story to settle down with on a winters night'

'Compelling and chilling, the slow build-up of tension had me completely on edge'

'I couldn't put it down. I felt I was there on the moors, being watched by the unseen'

(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd©2018 Katherine Clements Genre Fiction Ghosts Historical Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Haunted Scary Fiction
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Critic reviews

A wonderfully sinister novel [with] a unique heroine... But the real star here is Clements's beautiful, unsparing evocation of a bygone life on these unforgiving moors
A striking combination of Brontëan romantic melodrama and gothic ghost story... Clements has written an eerily gripping novel in which the ghosts of the past haunt the present in more ways than one
Intense, twisty drama... the atmospheric writing and the strong evocation of the landscape are terrific
Spine-tingling... the scariest ghost story I have read in a long time. Beautifully written, fantastically atmospheric, it left me sleepless and in tears (Barbara Erskine)
Brooding and full of creeping menace (Laura Purcell)
The Coffin Path is the perfect ghost story: utterly absorbing, immersed in a world so completely authentic, peopled by men, women, children - and the beasts of a shepherding life - so completely flesh and blood that when the not-so-flesh arise, it's *terrifying*. But not only that, it's a beautifully wrought evocation of a world and a time that feels as if it's just around the corner. If you like Michelle Paver, you'll love this, but fans of Mantel will love it too - the language is a delight, the word-smithing pitch-perfect, and the narrative drive compelling. This is a book about passion and fear, blood and death and life and love and all the pieces from which life is wrought - if you read only one book this year, make it this one, you won't regret it (Manda Scott)
A wonderful piece of Yorkshire Gothic, all the more effective for being so firmly anchored in its time and place... like something from Emily Bronte's nightmares (Andrew Taylor, author of The Ashes of London)
Clements brings alive the bleak beauty of the moors with a chilling ghost story that vividly portrays the superstitions and beliefs of 17th-century rural society
Oozing with gothic symbolism, this brooding and beautiful ghost story is guaranteed to haunt your dreams long after the cover has been closed (Essie Fox)
W&H March Great Read - not to be read alone late at night
Winter nights drawing in has made this atmospheric 17th-century-set gothic story the perfect read over the past few days (Editor's Choice)
Mixes a Wuthering Heights-esque love story with a MR James-esque fire-side frightener... Now we just need Kate Bush to write and perform a song about it
All the unsettling ingredients for a truly chilling and atmospheric read... Akin to the best of Susan Hill, this is just the kind of tale for the lingering cold nights
A classic of the genre. Anyone who loves Wuthering Heights will adore this (Rory Clements)
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Enjoyed this book. Setting and characters were well developed and described. The plot was great until the ending.

Creepy and atmospheric.Great narrator.

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A fascinating, chiller, beautifully performed. Evokes the fear of the times in wave after wave of prosaic, vivid details about the ordinary lives of people in a cursed landscape.

Chilling

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Narrator is excellent, book ok took a while to work out what century it was in. it was ok in that I kept going it should have been great and could have been great but just missed the mark.

I stuck with it to the end only really because I was well maybe it will get better and I want all these vague hints to come together which they do ish at the end but literally finished thinking nice historical novel, about as scary as a chocolate teapot, dragged out for limp ending.

Disappointing

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Wow , this has had me gripped through the full read of it. Everytime I thought something going to happen it gave a twist and went totally on another road. Very well read

excellent book

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Not my usual sort of book and concerned about it being a ghost story. However, not frightened by it. Thought the plot extremely good and thoroughly enjoyed it. Very different for me.

Excellent, and extremely well read!

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