The Secret Of Crickley Hall

Synopsis:
The Secret of Crickley Hall is a new take on the classic ghost story in the same way that his bestseller Once was a new take on the classic fairy tale. The Secret of Crickley Hall is set in a children's home in a coastal town in England. Some of the children are persecuted by the people who run the home and have found places between the floors and walls of the home to avoid the adults. They can also spy, of course. One day there is a flash flood which sweeps through the town and the children's home. All the children escape, except the kids in the walls and floors, who drown. They come back as ghosts and seek their revenge.


It is a classic haunted house take. Crickley hall had a secret during the war, when the guardian went mad and killed his 10 charges during the night of a great storm.

Some of the incidents in the story were really thrilling. You could only realize it by reading it. Excellent!