House of Secrets

Sophie and Joseph Argenton got out of Northwood alive, but the shadow that haunted their ancestral home did not stay behind. It has fastened onto Joseph's young cousin, Elise, and they are desperate to free her.

Their one lead is Kensington, a mansion left empty for many years above a dead town. The woman who first owned it spent her life studying the creature that now possesses Elise. Her research may show how to free the girl without hurting her.

The house has its own agenda. Once Sophie and Joseph are inside, it may refuse to release them. Walls are collapsing around them, shrouded figures stalk the shadows, and whispers carry through the night.

Outside, unmarked graves are scattered across the grounds, and the dead there are far from at rest. This is a haunted-house horror novel, the second book in the House of Shadows series, so it follows directly on from the escape from Northwood.

The question driving it is whether the answer to Elise's possession can be found before Kensington closes its hold on the people who came looking for it.