Sweetheart, Sweetheart - Softcover
David Warwick, an Englishman living in New York, has a sudden premonition that his twin brother, Colin, is in danger. He returns to England and learns the shocking truth: both Colin and his young bride Helen have died ghastly deaths - deaths that no one in the village wants to talk about.
Now David has inherited his brother's home, Gerrard's Hill Cottage, a lovely house with a lush garden that seems to promise peace and comfort to all who dwell there. But as David tries to unearth the facts of what really happened to his brother and his wife, he has no idea of the horror and evil that surround him or the terrible fate that may be in store ...
A chilling story that builds slowly and inexorably towards its shocking climax, Bernard Taylor's Sweetheart, Sweetheart (1977) has been recognized as one of the finest horror novels ever written. This edition features a new introduction by Michael Rowe.
"My favorite ghost story ... at once manages to be both moving and extremely unsettling ... there isn't anything that beats it." - Charles L. Grant
"Ingenious and well-crafted - a most satisfying chiller!" - Grand Rapids Press
"A slow-burning, invisibly seductive ghost story." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Now David has inherited his brother's home, Gerrard's Hill Cottage, a lovely house with a lush garden that seems to promise peace and comfort to all who dwell there. But as David tries to unearth the facts of what really happened to his brother and his wife, he has no idea of the horror and evil that surround him or the terrible fate that may be in store ...
A chilling story that builds slowly and inexorably towards its shocking climax, Bernard Taylor's Sweetheart, Sweetheart (1977) has been recognized as one of the finest horror novels ever written. This edition features a new introduction by Michael Rowe.
"My favorite ghost story ... at once manages to be both moving and extremely unsettling ... there isn't anything that beats it." - Charles L. Grant
"Ingenious and well-crafted - a most satisfying chiller!" - Grand Rapids Press
"A slow-burning, invisibly seductive ghost story." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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About the Author:
Michael Rowe is the author of Enter, Night (CZP) and has received the Lambda Literary Award and the Spectrum Award. He was a finalist for the International Horror Guild, Sunburst, Aurora and National Magazine Awards. Clive Barker has lauded Rowe for changing the face of horror with his Queer Fear anthologies.
Synopsis:
When David returns to the cottage where his twin brother died, he begins to suspect that he was murdered. Gradually he learns that the cottage is home to a malevolent, jealous female spirit, and now her attention is turned towards him. The author has also written "The Godsend".
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- PublisherHarperCollins Distribution Services
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0006151310
- ISBN 13 9780006151319
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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