The Woman in Black

Hill’s haunting tales may be slim, but they pull no punches…

Harper's Bazaar

Heartstoppingly chilling

Daily Express

A rattling good yarn, the sort that chills the mind as well as the spine

Guardian

She writes with great power… Authentically chilling

Daily Telegraph

An excellent ghost story… magnificently eerie… compulsive reading

Evening Standard

Told with great cunning and beautifully written

Washington Post

No one chills the heart like Susan Hill

Daily Telegraph

One of the strongest stories of supernatural horror...the work bursts into life and does not flag until the end

Washington Post

Terrifying... creepy classic

Daily Mail

Irresistibly dramatic... Susan Hill has done the genre real honour

Chicago Tribune

Susan Hill is the reigning queen of ghost writers and her period novella…is a classic, broodingly creepy and at times terrifying

Michael Hogan, Observer

The Woman in Black won’t fail to have you looking over your shoulder!

Kettle

Still gives us nightmares.

Jonathan Hatfull, SciFiNow

It is bursting with classic Gothic horror motifs and Susan Hill is a master of atmospheric descriptions. She evokes so cleverly the decrepit Eel Marsh House, the mention of its name enough to make the locals pause, their faces darken in unspoken wariness… The Woman in Black gives a thrilling sense of unease and provides just the right level of things that go bump in the night for a spine-tingling good read.

Khoollect

This spine-tingling novel… will certainly keep your nerves jangling

Woman's Weekly

Haunting its readers for more than 40 years… Once read, it’s hard to forget the utter strangeness of The Woman in Black… For all its magnificent period detail, and its ability to immerse us in the dark, dank place it creates, it goes beyond its own story. It acts as a portal… Read it

Jeanette Winterson, The Times