Suggest a good fireside/spooky/Christmassy read please.

[MsMustDoBetter]

I've just finished The Small Hand by Susan Hill, I've ready The Silent Companions, Most Sarah Waters and Michelle Paver. I want a bit of a mystery, ghosts (but not horror) and something that I won't be able to put down.

What do you suggest?

Turn of the Screw

M R James short stories

Loved the small hand . Mist in the mirror, man in the picture both by susan hill are just as good.

I’ve got these short story books by Susan Hill. Both are good.

The Hogfather! Spooky Christmas in print!

Victorian gothic widow splendour with chillly creepy feeling (a bit like the woman in black) is the companion by Laura Purcell. Halfway through and can’t put it down!

Also - properly scary - a book called eight ghosts published by English heritage with proceeds going to them. Eight well known authors wrote a short fiction story based on an English heritage location and a thread of historical fact. The book is brilliant; every story good.

I've read all of these with exception of The Hogfather. I've never read Pratchett, but this might be the one!

@Alabasterangel6

Ooh, this sounds right up my street.

@MsMustDoBetter

www.english-heritage.org.uk/halloween/eight-ghosts/

Michelle Paver Dark Matter, bloody brilliant

Place marking

Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse.

Anything by Laura Purcell.
Starve Acre by Andrew Micharl Hurley is amazing

I was looking for the same and came across this
www.bustle.com/p/10-creepy-books-set-in-winter-to-give-you-literal-chills-this-holiday-season-5515489

The ending of The Corset is annoying so be warned.. I loved both the Michelle Paver books.

The Somnambulist by Essie Fox is atmospheric and Gothic and spooky.

Have you read the classics? Jekyll & Hyde is the best imo but Frankenstein and Dracula are also wonderful. So are The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Austen's spoof Northanger Abbey.

Ooo yes to the classics- Jane Eyre,Wuthering Heights etc. Not quite so classical but all the Daphne du Maurier books are good.

The mistletoe bride. Can anyone remember who it's by?

Isn’t it a Kate Mosse short story collection.

@InterstellarDrifter

I've just ordered the Peter Straub one from that list. Looks perfect.

Thank you.

Bl00ming I just gave a friend that edition of Woman in Black. I love the stories and that copy is beautiful.

I was going to suggest The Taking of annie thorne but I'm not sure if it tips into horror or creepy. I did go around putting on lights and startling at sudden noises after it

Looking forward to reading some of the others that have been recommended.

@ironickname looks like a great choice.
I’ve ordered this book but it’s more thriller than spooky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/38240386-an-unwanted-guest#

The Woman In Black by Susan Hill

The Girl in the Photograph by Kate Riordan was an enjoyable read. A bit eerie but not scary.