THE SLEEPER by Gillian White

Once again in Gillian White's world, where nothing is quite as it seems, we open with a seance. a group of elderly, lonely people gather in a cottage in a wintery seaside resort town to see who Violet Moon, the medium, will conjure up.

Among those gathered is Miss Bates, a quiet, grey woman who keeps to herself and flits about as silently as a moth. The group breaks up at the end of the evening - it is a week from Christmas, and Violet is going to visit her son Fergus and daughter in law, Clover, on their farm.

Clover's best friend, Diana, her husband and twin sons are coming as well for Christmas so it will be a full house.

But Clover hates her mother in law. She is dissatisfied with her life but can't explain why. And Violet is not who she seems to be, there are dark secrets in her past that are about to come to light, ad she disapproves of her daughter in law.

 But there is a presence in the farmhouse this Christmas time, and the spirits are trying to communicate. And Clover becomes more and more convinced that Violet is trying to kill her as a series of strange accidents occur.

As the story unravels and we discover the circumstances that brought all these people to this point in time, terrible events take place.

This very disturbing and gripping book gave me goosebumps as the story races to its horrific conclusion. Don't read it alone at night!

Happy reading!