The Coffin Path: 'The perfect ghost story'

Hardback Published on: 08/02/2018
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Bookseller Reviews

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The Coffin Path
Chilled Me To The Bone!
I was swept up into Mercy Booth's tale of shepherding on the moors. The hard day to day life as the only child, now a woman, of a man with shadows in his ... READ MORE
Nicole @WstonesHemel
The Coffin Path
Totally Gripping
Have you ever read a book you never want to end. For me this is one of those. Grips like a vice and never let's go. A beautifully written book encapsulat... READ MORE
Sally Boocock
The Coffin Path
Gripping, intriguing and sinister.
An excellent historical horror novel. This multi layered tale has not just the ghost story, but the struggle of being a woman in the 1600s, the struggle of... READ MORE
Grace At Birmingham

Synopsis

**Longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown**

An eerie and compelling ghost story set on the dark wilds of the Yorkshire moors. For fans of The Witchfinder's Sister and The Silent Companions, this gothic tale will weave its way into your imagination and chill you to the bone.

'Spine-tingling... the scariest ghost story I have read in a long time' Barbara Erskine
'A wonderful, macabre evocation of a lost way of life' The Times

**'Like something from Emily Bronte's nightmares' Andrew Taylor, author of The Ashes of London

Maybe you've heard tales about Scarcross Hall, the house on the old coffin path that winds from village to moor top. They say there's something up here, something evil.

Mercy Booth isn't afraid. The moors and Scarcross are her home and lifeblood. But, beneath her certainty, small things are beginning to trouble her. Three ancient coins missing from her father's study, the shadowy figure out by the gatepost, an unshakeable sense that someone is watching.

When a stranger appears seeking work, Mercy reluctantly takes him in. As their stories entwine, this man will change everything. She just can't see it yet.

What readers are saying about The Coffin Path:

'A fantastic eerie ghost story to settle down with on a winters night'

'Compelling and chilling, the slow build-up of tension had me completely on edge'

'I couldn't put it down. I felt I was there on the moors, being watched by the unseen'

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 9781472204271
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 236 x 162 x 36 mm
  • Weight: 640g

Customer Reviews

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The Coffin Path
Those Yorkshire Moors are chillingly mysterious
This is seriously creepy! Whoah, the setting might be fictional but it’s clearly set on the Yorkshire Moors so already you have the wild moors, the biting ... READ MORE
TheBookTrail
The Coffin Path
A deliciously creepy read
I read this book feeling utter glee at the creepy gothicness on offer in this fab book, The Coffin Path. I loved the sense of time and place in the remote,... READ MORE
KimG9
The Coffin Path
Tame as a pet lamb
Having read the hyperbole on the front of the cover, I expected this novel to be a Susan Hill or M R James-esque tale; how disappointing. I carried on to ... READ MORE
mrsbookworm
The Coffin Path
If you're looking for something scary, don't read this.
The title indicates that it's 'The perfect ghost story' but apart from a mysterious figure which lurks outside and a bit of infantile poltergeist activity ... READ MORE
Esther Green