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Some truths should stay guarded

Hobbe’s Folly is a deeply unsettling tale of ghostly estates and other dimensions by Adam Macqueen, author of Haunted Tales.

1904: Naive bookseller’s assistant Henry Canning arrives at Hareswood Lodge to catalogue the library of its late owner. But he’s unprepared for the horrors that lurk within Matthew Hobbe’s collection – and something even more terrible that still lingers in the room itself.

The present day, and a young council officer is tasked with finding the story behind an unassuming brick building that is all that stands in the way of a vast new housing development. But to the concern of his colleagues, Ben finds himself growing more and more obsessed with the secret of Hobbe’s Folly. Why does it have no doors or windows? Is it to keep people out? Or to keep something too awful to imagine trapped inside?

In Hobbe’s Folly, Adam Macqueen channels the masters of the ghost story in two intertwined narratives that build into a horrifying whole – and will ensure you never look at the view beyond your windows in quite the same way again.

Publisher Review

‘A wonderfully told dark tale steeped in dread, with unexpected tender touches. I read it in one gulp’ – Rebecca Netley, author of The Whistling ‘Steeped in atmosphere and tension, this darkly enticing Faustian puzzle of a novel builds to a breathtaking conclusion. A must for everyone who loves the sinister works of MR James and HP Lovecraft’ – Essie Fox, author of The Somnambulist ‘A gripping and highly original tale with an ending that is as surprising as it is satisfying’ – Carly Reagon, author of The Toll House ‘A bookish innocent cataloguing a dusty library… a windowless building lined with lead… classic tropes but in this modern, sexy homage to the golden-age ghost story they’re as fresh as newly spilt blood’ JM Hall, author of A Spoonful of Murder ‘A masterful, thrilling dual-timeline ghost story that keeps you on the edge of your seat’ – David Barnett, author of Scuttler’s Cove ‘Macqueen interweaves past and present to reveal the terrifying secrets of Hobbe’s Folly, evoking shades of Lovecraft, James and even a little Danielewski along the way. Thoroughly compelling’ – AJ Elwood, author of The Other Lives of Miss Emily White ‘As compelling and troubling as a locked room at the end of a dark corridor. I ate it up’ – Joel Morris, co-creator of Broken Veil Praise for Haunted Tales:

‘A cracking little book’ – The Spectator

‘An atmospheric collection of spooky stories’ – Observer

‘Guaranteed to give you goosebumps’ – Best Magazine