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The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool
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The Drowning Pool

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A chilling, haunting ghost story set in the modern day which delves into the real-life legend of a 19th century sea witch…

Relocated to a coastal town, widowed teacher Sarah Grey is slowly rebuilding her life, along with her young son Alfie. But after an inadvertent séance one drunken night, her world is shaken when she starts to experience frightening visions.

She tries to explain them away. But Alfie sees them too and Sarah believes that they have become the targets of a haunting attack.

Convinced that the ghost is that of a 19th Century local witch, Sarah delves into local folklore and learns that the witch was thought to have been evil incarnate. And when a series of old letters surface, Sarah discovers that nothing is as it seems, not even the ghost who haunts her very home…

Perfect for fans of The Midnight House, The Familiars and The Lighthouse Witches.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 29, 2011
ISBN9781847563002
The Drowning Pool
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Syd Moore

Syd Moore has worked extensively in publishing and the book trade and presented Channel 4’s late night book programme, Pulp.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Modern day, widowed Sarah Grey and her young son Alfie move to Leigh to rebuild their lives. 19th century in Leigh and another Sarah Grey is known as a witch. This is a ghost story that I have to say has been told many times but with different scenarios. In this tale Sarah Grey has visions, dreams and ghostly sightings of the past Sarah Grey. So to lay her soul to rest she has to uncover her story.For me I would have enjoyed tbe story more had it have been told from the point of view of the two Sarahs. The present Sarah narrates the story, and past Sarah is presented from tbe visions, dreams and trances of present Sarah. I liked tne narrative of Sarah and found her quite chatty but did find her grabbing the bottle quite a lot to say she had a young child. The reasons why at tne end of tne book for me was so so. I would have preferred for the perp to have been someone else to give the story tbat darker edge to it and a better twist. I also would've liked to have seen more of the witchcraft side in the story being as past Sarah was accused of being a witch and based on the true Sarah Moore, Sea witch of Leigh.Overall an ok read that did pass an afternoon, but needed a little darker edge to it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A very enjoyable, atmospheric, and at times, downright chills-down-your-spine scary novel. The ghostly supernatural doings were believable and very nicely done. Syd Moore is a name to watch in the quiet horror realm.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Please don't read this book! I spent a week dreading every moment of trying to read it. It's so repetition and boring and slow. The guardian states it's'a stunning reinvention of the ghost story'. Well there is nothing remotely stunning about it. Predictable, not scary, no loveable characters. Just pants!
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    As this was hyped as a ghost story I thought I would give it a go - I got about halfway through it and it lost me. I started to find it quite boring so just gave up.Back Cover Blurb:Relocated to a coastal town with her young son Alfie, widowed teacher Sarah Grey is slowly rebuilding her life. But following a seance one drunken night, she begins to be plagued by horrific visions. Her attempts to explain them away are dashed when Alfie starts to see them too, and soon, it seems that they are targets of a terrifying haunting.Convinced that the ghost is that of a 19th century local witch and her own namesake, Sarah delves into local folklore and learns that the witch was seen as evil incarnate. When a series of old letters surface, Sarah discovers that nothing and no-one is as it seems, maybe not even the ghost of Sarah Grey.....

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