The Ghost House (The Annie Graham crime series, Book 1)

· The Annie Graham crime series Book 1 · Sold by HarperCollins UK
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'A stunning Halloween read' Reader review ★★★★★

'I finished it in the early hours as I needed to find out what happened!' Reader review ★★★★★

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After years on the police force, Annie Graham never expected that it would be her personal life leaving her physically and emotionally scarred.

While on a break from work, trying to put the pieces of her life back together, the role of caretaker to a beautiful, crumbling mansion in the woods seems like a good escape.

But something about the house puts her on edge, and her suspicions are confirmed when she finds the diary of former resident Alice. The house holds a dark connection to a series of terrible murders committed over one hundred years ago.

And when a search for a missing girl turns into a hunt for a serial killer, Annie fears that history may be repeating itself. But as the past collides with the present, has Annie’s unofficial investigation put her in the killer’s sights?

The first book in the Annie Graham series will have you hooked!

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Readers love the Annie Graham series!

'This is a fantastic story... An excellent combo of "who-dunnit", tragic timelines and haunted houses' Reader review ★★★★★

'This book had me reading into the early hours of the morning, I just loved it... I was there with Annie and felt the hairs stand up on a few occasions. Great start to a new series' Reader review ★★★★★

'This book is raved about by all who read it and rightly so... It is a startling good read which grips you from the first few pages... I COULD NOT put this book down!' Reader review ★★★★★

'There were times I totally lost myself in the plot... I even found myself sat up at 4am racing through the last couple of chapters as I wanted to know what happened. I loved it' Reader review ★★★★★

'A stunning Halloween read' Reader review ★★★★★ 'I finished it in the early hours as I needed to find out what happened!' Reader review ★★★★★ * * * * After years on the police force, Annie Graham never expected that it would be her personal life leaving her physically and emotionally scarred. Wh...

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253 reviews
Kathryn Boyle
September 22, 2016
I came to this book in order to read my way up the series, because the description of the fifth book caught my attention...unfortunately, I will not be reading up that far. The idea is interesting, but the delivery is tired, and the dialogue lacks that natural flow and characterization in good writing that differentiates characters and gives them their uniqueness. Every character seems to know exactly what to say, and maintains only baseline emotions throughout--none of them seem to struggle to process trauma, none of them seem to consider their thoughts and impulses with any sort of complexity. And this is just personal taste, but I think she establishes the source of the scare too early on in the book. In short, I felt that this was trite and clunky. Despite the classic premise, this book falls very flat.
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Tj Goldstein
August 16, 2020
Incredibly boring and in dire need of proper editing. No one has a personality or emotions. Nothing is described properly.. colour, sound, smell, feel.. it is all just bare minimum.
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A Google user
October 11, 2017
I have wasted my money for this book im very sad plz dont puchase it.it is waste of money my time and money is wasted i can buy any more but i never buy this.💩
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HELEN PHIFER lives in a small town called Barrow-in-Furness with her husband and five children. She has lived in the same town since she was born. It gets some bad press but really is a lovely place to live, surrounded by coastline and not far from the Lake District, where she likes to spend at least one of her days off from work. She has always loved writing and reading and loves reading books that make the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. Unable to find enough scary stories to read, she decided to write her own.

You can contact or follow Helen on her blog at helenphiferblog.wordpress.com, her website at www.helenphifer.com and on X, @helenphifer1.

HELEN PHIFER lives in a small town called Barrow-in-Furness with her husband and five children. She has lived in the same town since she was born. It gets some bad press but really is a lovely place to live, surrounded by coastline and not far from the Lake District, where she likes to spend at l...

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