Thieving Fear

“One of the premier horror writers of the English-speaking world.” —The Washington Post Book World

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“Good horror writers are quite rare, and Campbell is better than just good.” —Stephen King

“Campbell is unmatched in the horror/fantasy field.” —Fangoria

“Campbell writes the most terrifying horror tales of anyone now alive.” —Twilight Zone Magazine

“The most sophisticated and highly regarded of British horror writers.” –Financial Times

Something called Charlotte’s name that night. Her sister and her cousins, comfortable in their sleeping bags, didn’t hear it, but it lured Charlotte to the edge of the cliff, to a secret trapdoor buried beneath dirt and grass. Beyond the trapdoor lay only darkness—and two unblinking eyes. Charlotte told herself it was only a dream. But something escaped when the door was opened, something that tainted all of them. And now, ten years later, it is drawing them back to that cliff, forcing them to once again peer beyond the trapdoor, to confront what waits for them in the darkness.

Charlotte Nolan and her cousins may not have ended up in the jobs they hoped to have when they were teenagers, but they've made their way in life. Charlotte works for a London publisher, Ellen cares for the elderly, Hugh has left teaching to work in a supermarket while his brother Rory is a controversial artist. Then more than their jobs begin to go wrong as something reaches out of the past for them. What has it to do with the summer night they spent on Thursaston Common...