Vier Kinder wuchsen in dem Farmhaus The Beacon auf, doch nur May war übrig. Einmal hatte sie diesen Ort verlassen, um an der Universität zu studieren, doch in London fühlte sie sich verfolgt von namenlosen Schrecken, Opfer ihrer Ängste. Nur ihr Bruder Frank war gegangen, hatte geheiratet und war weggezogen. Doch warum wagt niemand, auch nur seinen Namen zu nennen? Sparsame Wortwahl, fesselnd und kraftvoll, exzellent geschrieben.
Marvellously written short novella - a family story as evocative, gripping and Gothic as best-selling ghost story, THE WOMAN IN BLACK. The farmhouse was called The Beacon and they had been born and reared there, May, Colin, Frank and Berenice. May had been the clever daughter and escaped to go to university. But now she is back, the spinster daughter, the one who stayed, who nursed her father and mother in their old age. Now Frank is the one who got away. He married and moved on. But why does no one dare even to mention Frank's name?
