Deze serie combineert meesterlijk elementen van spookverhalen en huiveringwekkende thrillers, waarbij bovennatuurlijke verhalen worden verweven in huiselijke settings. Volg families die intrekken in schijnbaar idyllische huizen, om vervolgens duistere geschiedenissen te ontdekken die weigeren begraven te blijven. Elke aflevering dompelt lezers onder in psychologische spanning, waar het verleden het heden achtervolgt en de grens tussen realiteit en terreur vervaagt. Bereid je voor op een diep verontrustende verkenning van wat er gebeurt als je nieuwe huis je grootste angst wordt.
Moving to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for born townies Ollie Harcourt, his wife, Caro, and their 12-year-old daughter, Jade. Their new home, Cold Hill House, is a huge, dilapidated, Georgian mansion. But within days of moving in, it soon becomes apparent that they aren't the house's only residents.
The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James is the spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play.Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homes. Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house's history, and a new era has begun.Although much of Cold Hill Park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new houses. For Jason and Emily Danes, this is their forever home, and for Maurice and Claudette Penze-Weedell, it's the perfect place to live out retirement. Despite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, Cold Hill Park appears to be the ideal place to live. But looks are deceptive and it's only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homes.There is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survivedbeyond forty in Cold Hill House and no one has ever truly left ...