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Nyctophobia - Christopher Fowler
Nyctophobia
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An original thriller from bestselling author Christopher Fowler that reinventing the haunted house story.There are two things you need to know about haunted houses. One, there’s never been an actual authenticated haunted house. Two, it’s not the house that’s haunted, but the... show more
An original thriller from bestselling author Christopher Fowler that reinventing the haunted house story.There are two things you need to know about haunted houses. One, there’s never been an actual authenticated haunted house. Two, it’s not the house that’s haunted, but the person. Callie is a young architectural student who marries Mateo, a wine importer, and moves to a grand old house in Southern Spain. Hyperion House is flooded with light, it also has a mute gardener, a sinister housekeeper and a sealed, dark servants’ quarters that nobody has the keys for. And although initially happy, and taking care of Mateo’s daughter, Callie can’t help being drawn to the dark empty rooms at the back of the house, and becomes convinced that someone is living in there. Uncovering the house’s history, she discovers the shocking truth. As Callie’s fear of the darkness returns, she comes to understand the true nature of evil…
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781781082119 (1781082111)
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
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Hooked on Books
Hooked on Books rated it
3.5 Are You Afraid of the Dark?...
Nyctophobia - defined as the "extreme or irrational fear of the night or of darkness" Nyctophobia is a haunted house/ghost story. It's about a newly married family that moves into Hyperion House, a new house they just bought in Southern Spain. "There are two things you need to know about haunte...
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke rated it
4.0 Nyctophobia
Reminiscent of Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE in the best possible way, with a touch of John Fowles' THE MAGUS for good measure, this story of a woman fighting to keep her family and her sanity in a house of light and dark, easily earns its place in my top five favorite haunted house n...
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5.0 Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler
The brightest light casts the darkest shadows.....Fowler spins the haunted house tale into something unexpected....a fresh take on a classic archetype, balancing modern style with pitch perfect "old school" pacing that raises the creep factor exponentially. Highly recommended!
Ellinor's Litventures
Ellinor's Litventures rated it
5.0 Fear the dark side!
This is the creepiest book I've read in a long, long time: Callie, a young architect with a so far troubled life, moves into a huge lonely house in the Spanish countryside with her husband Mateo and her stepdaughter Bonnie. The house is built so that the front lie always in the light and the back ro...
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