‘Powerful, haunting and truly terrifying’ CHRIS WHITAKER, author of We Begin at the End
‘Beautifully written and epically scary’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan
‘Carly Reagon is one to watch’ C. J. COOKE, author of A Haunting in the Arctic
DISCOVER THE GHOST STORY THAT WON’T LET YOU GO . . .
Kyle can barely remember his grandfather. So when they inherit his old house – a damp, secluded tower on the edge of a Welsh mountain village – Kyle and his wife, Lydia, feel they are moving into the home of a stranger.
From the start, Lydia hates the house: the disturbing paintings in the attic, the hostility of the locals, the peculiar light that pours through the kitchen window. Kyle thinks Lydia needs a break from London, from the nightmares and the panic attacks. But over the coming weeks, Lydia’s sense of dread only becomes more insistent, whilst Kyle is drawn to the house in ways he cannot explain.
Yet as winter approaches, cutting them off, the house must become their refuge. For outside, on the mountain, something is calling to them.
Something that has waited decades, and wants to be let in.
‘Beautifully written and epically scary’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan
‘Carly Reagon is one to watch’ C. J. COOKE, author of A Haunting in the Arctic
DISCOVER THE GHOST STORY THAT WON’T LET YOU GO . . .
Kyle can barely remember his grandfather. So when they inherit his old house – a damp, secluded tower on the edge of a Welsh mountain village – Kyle and his wife, Lydia, feel they are moving into the home of a stranger.
From the start, Lydia hates the house: the disturbing paintings in the attic, the hostility of the locals, the peculiar light that pours through the kitchen window. Kyle thinks Lydia needs a break from London, from the nightmares and the panic attacks. But over the coming weeks, Lydia’s sense of dread only becomes more insistent, whilst Kyle is drawn to the house in ways he cannot explain.
Yet as winter approaches, cutting them off, the house must become their refuge. For outside, on the mountain, something is calling to them.
Something that has waited decades, and wants to be let in.
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Reviews
A terrifying tale. Reagon skilfully maintains the tension and the scares, turning the screw until the very last page. I read Hear Him Calling with my heart in my mouth!
With its sinister setting & ever-present menace, this intriguing ghost story creates such a sense of foreboding you'll be gripped to the final page!
HEAR HIM CALLING had me completely gripped. If you like your ghost stories tense and twisty, this one's for you.
Hear Him Calling is an insidious and deeply unnerving novel, dripping with ice cold dread. It quickly takes a hold and doesn't let go until the true horror at its heart has been revealed. This is honestly the scariest book I have read in a very long time.
Haunting and atmospheric, Hear Him Calling infuses its supernatural premise with chillingly realistic themes, exploring the ways in which abusive family dynamics can, like ghosts, survive death to torment future generations. I highly recommend it!
Powerful, haunting, and truly terrifying. Rich in character, place and plot, Hear Him Calling is rare, sinister and stunning
Hear Him Calling has such a brilliant build-up of dread, and characters you care about. A tense, creepy exploration of place, memory and obsession.
I haven't stopped thinking about this book since I finished reading it - Spooky lights, eerie voices, increasingly violent acts - it's all here and it's utterly terrifying! Reagon ekes out the tension so ominously, and the central relationships are painfully vulnerable and complex. Every page gave me chills, but the final page . . !
My shivers of dread were such that I had to wait until I wasn't alone in the house to finish this book.
Layered, well-paced and beautifully written, but most of all epically scary. The setting is perfect for what unfolds, a blood-curdling narrative of a terrifying villain who is anchored to the place far more strongly than the hapless newcomers and will not be displaced. Compelling from start to finish.
Eerie, compelling and wonderfully evocative. It takes no effort to picture the desolate mountain and feel the malevolence its shadow cast. And what an ending! My heart was pounding at the lingering evil that Carly so subtly weaved into the final pages.
Satisfyingly spooky
[Carly Reagon] is making her mark as a superb Gothic writer. I loved her debut, The Toll House, but she has stepped it up a notch with this spooky read. Atmospheric and chilling.
