Publisher Description

'A chilling story' -- Independent



Charles and Laura live a sheltered, gilded life in the the privileged world of Cambridge academia: young and in love, their marriage is blessed by a wonderful child - Naomi.



On Christmas Eve morning, Charles sets off with Naomi on a shopping trip to London. By the end of the day, all Charles and his wife have left are cups of tea and police sympathy...



Their beautiful, angelic only child, has disappeared. Days later her murdered body is discovered... but is she dead?

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An instant sensation when first published in 1991, this genuinely scary ghost story has been out of print until now and is sure to spook a whole new generation of readers.

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A classic ghost story which tingles with fear, horror and shocks up to the very last paragraph . . . Charles and Laura are a young, happily married couple inhabiting the privileged world of Cambridge academia. Brimming with excitement, Charles sets off with his daughter Naomi on a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London.But, by the end of the day, all Charles and his wife have left are cups of tea and police sympathy. For Naomi, their beautiful, angelic only child, has disappeared. And days later her murdered body is discovered. But is she dead? In a howling, bumping story of past and present day hell, Jonathan Aycliffe's haunting psychological masterpiece is guaranteed to make you sink to untold depths of teeth-shaking terror. 'A chilling story which gives the lie to any notion that supernatural horror is remotely therapeutic. Aycliffe has a fine touch.' Independent 'Naomi's Room must rank among the finest of English ghost stories . . . They certainly don't come more dark and fearsome.' Newcastle Evening Chronicle

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A classic ghost story which tingles with fear, horror and shocks up to the very last paragraph . . . Charles and Laura are a young, happily married couple inhabiting the privileged world of Cambridge academia. Brimming with excitement, Charles sets off with his daughter Naomi on a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London.But, by the end of the day, all Charles and his wife have left are cups of tea and police sympathy. For Naomi, their beautiful, angelic only child, has disappeared. And days later her murdered body is discovered. But is she dead? In a howling, bumping story of past and present day hell, Jonathan Aycliffe's haunting psychological masterpiece is guaranteed to make you sink to untold depths of teeth-shaking terror. 'A chilling story which gives the lie to any notion that supernatural horror is remotely therapeutic. Aycliffe has a fine touch.' Independent 'Naomi's Room must rank among the finest of English ghost stories . . . They certainly don't come more dark and fearsome.' Newcastle Evening Chronicle

Author Biography

Jonathan Aycliffe was born in Belfast in 1949. He studied English, Persian, Arabic and Islamic studies at the universities of Dublin, Edinburgh and Cambridge, and lectured at the universities of Fez in Morocco and Newcastle upon Tyne. The author of several ghost stories, he lives in the north of England with his wife. He also writes as Daniel Easterman, under which name he has penned several bestselling thrillers.

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'A chilling story' -- Independent Charles and Laura live a sheltered, gilded life in the the privileged world of Cambridge academia: young and in love, their marriage is blessed by a wonderful child - Naomi.On Christmas Eve morning, Charles sets off with Naomi on a shopping trip to London. By the end of the day, all Charles and his wife have left are cups of tea and police sympathy... Their beautiful, angelic only child, has disappeared. Days later her murdered body is discovered... but is she dead?

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In a howling, bumping story of past and present day hell, Jonathan Aycliffe's haunting psychological masterpiece is guaranteed to make you sink to untold depths of teeth-shaking terror.

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An instant sensation when published in 1991, this genuinely terrifying ghost story is a timeless classic.

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Charles and Laura, young and happily married, inhabit the privileged world of Cambridge academia. Brimming with excitement, Charles sets off with his daughter, Naomi, on a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London. But, by the end of the day, all Charles and his wife have left are cups of tea and police sympathy. For Naomi, their beautiful, angelic only child, has disappeared. Days later her murdered body is discovered. But is she dead?

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