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The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. The ones that match the darker nights, the ones to curl up in front of a blazing fire with a hot cup of tea by your side. This approach would have been fine if the events and details had all been important, but with an array of unnecessary descriptions and details it just led to the book becoming boring. It features a couple of familiar faces from Ben Wheatley’s films and goes for that same streak of weirdy wrongness, though without perhaps without such deliciously deadpan darkness.
The Toll House by Carly Reagon | Waterstones
For a time he hung over the balusters, listening and trying to pierce the blackness below; then slowly, step by step, he made his way downstairs, and, holding the candle above his head, peered about him. Reading 'The Toll House' by Carly Reagon, I found myself wanting to shake the author and cry, 'More action! Lester and White are first," said Meagle, who was presiding at the tea-table of the Three Feathers Inn. A satisfyingly good old-fashioned ghost story that brilliantly echoes the likes of Susan Hill with an originality all of its own. Suddenly I understood why she was so flat before, she wanted a new start and left her past behind her, but when it catches up we learn who our protagonist really is and I started to like her much more.Our talented chefs have crafted a seasonal treat for your taste buds, partnering the classics we know and love with some local flair. Father Ted meets the old west in this entertaining black comedy set in rural Pembrokeshire – “where English people come to die”, according to graffiti on a road sign into the county. Kelda and her young son move into the toll house for a fresh start but not all is as it seems once she finds a death mask hidden behind a wall. In fact I almost put the book back on the shelf when, after 100 pages, I was still finding the protagonist incredibly flat. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.
The Toll House by Carly Reagon (9781408726440/Hardback
The reply was more than reassuring, and the landlord, after describing with considerable art the exact appearance of a head which had been seen hanging out of a window in the moonlight, wound up with a polite but urgent request that they would settle his bill before they went. That's what the jury brought it in," he said slowly; "but his mind was sound enough when he went in there. Somewhere in a remote and anonymous toll house – Kelda and her young son move into an old toll house for a fresh start but when she finds a death mask hidden behind a wall, she starts to question what was this place before she moved in….There are no real locations in this book but it’s the setting of the old toll house that is the real draw. He walked a little way along the passage, and they went scurrying down the stairs and then at a jog-trot along the corridor below. For a moment he tried to brace his courage up to endure its approach, then with a smothered cry he turned and fled. When I saw The Toll House on NetGalley I knew this was one I would love to read and it didn’t disappoint. My nerves tell me that there is something prowling up and down the long passage outside; my reason tells me that that is all nonsense.
The Toll House by Carly Reagon | Hachette UK The Toll House by Carly Reagon | Hachette UK
It’s a gripping ghost story that unfolds with chilling pace through narratives told in two timelines.He stood appalled, and then as they drew near entered a small room and stood behind the door as they rushed by. Lester awoke in the morning to find the sunshine streaming into the room, and White sitting up and regarding with some perplexity a badly-blistered finger. After discovering a death mask inside one of the walls and the six year old soon having nightmares, you know that the ominous foreboding is set in motion.
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