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Naomi's Room

Pages
172
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

A happy family's world shatters when their young daughter Naomi vanishes on a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London. Days later, her body is found, but the horror is far from over. This chilling psychological thriller plunges readers into a terrifying mystery where the past and present collide, promising a descent into unimaginable fear.

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About the author

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Jonathan Aycliffe

Jonathan Aycliffe is the pen name Denis MacEoin (1949–2022) used for his ghost stories and gothic horror novels, including Naomi's Room. MacEoin, a British scholar of Persian, Arabic and Islamic studies, also wrote international thrillers as Daniel Easterman and published non-fiction under his own name.

Characters

LauraProtagonist

Charles's wife, a former Fitzwilliam Museum employee who gave up her career when their daughter Naomi was born.

NaomiProtagonist

Charles and Laura's four-year-old daughter, who disappears from Hamleys toy shop on a Christmas Eve trip to London and is later found murdered; her presence continues to haunt the family afterward.

Charles HillenbrandProtagonist

Cambridge academic who narrates the haunting of his family, looking back from the present on his young daughter's murder and its aftermath.

All characters in Naomi's Room