However terrified, she cannot stop reading until she knows immersed in this gripping book, we share her predicament. Why is the bookseller horrified over the book he has just given Aveline? What is the significance of the missing story? Who is the mysterious Primrose Penberthy? Aveline herself becomes desperate, despite her better judgment, to discover the answers. Practical Aunt Lilian dismisses her fears and provides rational explanations for the creepy disturbances, but as the mood gradually ratchets up from unsettling to menacing the reader becomes less sure. Or is it perhaps Aveline’s obsession with ghost stories that has heightened her imagination so that she sees an innocent Halloween decoration and fears something ‘otherworldly’? Phil Hickes quickly adds fresh tension to this familiar scenario, creating in Malmouth the unsettled air of a town with ‘all the right ingredients for a haunting’. Has a second-hand book ever made you ponder the mysterious connections with those who possessed it before you? If so, then this story will colour that calm wondering with a new element of terror!Īveline Jones is left with an aunt due to a family crisis. The Haunting of Aveline Jones is a powerful book with a cracking plot.
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