Dimensions
110 x 178 x 18mm
History, murder and the unexplained . . .
In October 1866, Father Oliver Grafield, a Catholic priest and exorcist, is brought from his parish work in South Essex for an interview with Archbishop Manning of Westminster. Oliver is accompanied by his sister Emma; she has always been concerned about her brother's welfare. Oliver is a young man of gentle appearance; a hard-working, committed priest. He has extraordinary gifts of exorcism and "divining spirits".
The Archbishop tells Oliver that Lacy Alice Seaton, a widowed member of the old Catholic aristocracy, and owner of Candleton Hall in Norfolk, has appealed to the Church for assistance in allaying the terrifying and haunting experiences taking place at the Hall, and Oliver is being sent there to investigate.
Within hours of their arrival, Oliver and Emma have first-hand experience of the phenomena: pools of blood form on the floor; a woman dressed in black walks the Long Gallery; the sound of knocking; cries in the night and hurried footsteps and, above all, a sense of malevolence which seeps like a marsh mist through the house. Painstakingly, Oliver, a natural scholar, delves into the family secrets of the Seatons and finds chilling truths which span four centuries.
