With brooding menace and rising tension, he masterfully and relentlessly draws the reader through to the ultimate revelation one that will stay to chill the mind long after the book has been laid aside. It explores the darker, more obtuse territories of evil and the supernatural. And even though they shut the cellar door every night, it's always open again in morning The Secret of Crickley Hall is James Herbert's finest novel to date. And Chester, their dog, seems really spooked at being away from home. It's perfect for them.if it a bit gloomy. The history of the mansion is that Crickley Hall housed eleven orphans, a teacher, and two administrators during a momentous flood in 1943. He can work and Eve and the kids can have some peace and quiet and perhaps they can try, as a family, to come to terms with what's happened to them.Crickley Hall is an unusually large house on the outskirts of the village at the bottom of Devil's Cleave, a massive tree-lined gorge - the stuff of local legend. Instead, the family is beset by frightening noises, dazzling lights, and, ultimately, ghostly apparitions. Gabe has brought his wife, Eve, and daughters, Loren and Cally, down to Devon, to the peaceful seaside village of Hollow Bay. The Caleighs have had a terrible year.They need time and space, while they await the news they dread.
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