Christopher Ransom – författare

When Conrad Harrison impulse-buys a big old house in Wisconsin, his wife Jo doesn't share his enthusiasm, reluctant at the idea of leaving their LA life - so Conrad is left to set up their new home as she ties up loose ends at work. But Conrad's new purchase is not all that it seems. Soon Conrad is hearing the ghostly wailing of a baby in the night, seeing blood on the floor and being haunted by a woman who looks exactly like Jo. With his wife away, Conrad becomes obsessed by the pregnant girl next door, Nadia, who claims to be a victim of the evil in the house. The crying leads him to a bricked-up body, and the mystery of the Birthing House unravels, pulling in Jo, Nadia and leading Conrad to a nightmarish conclusion...

James Hastings' wife is dead - her life snuffed out in a horrific accident that leaves her husband shattered. Dizzy with grief and guilt, James withdraws into his sprawling mansion, losing himself in liquor . . . and memories of Stacey.Until the day two women enter his life. One is Annette, a gorgeous stranger with a dark past. The other is not a stranger, and her past is all too familiar.First her voice echoes through the phone lines, and from behind the ballroom doors . . .Then her shoes reappear, streaked with mud and grime, as though unearthed from the grave . . . And soon Annette begins saying things only Stacey could know, enveloping James in a spiral of terror and violence that threatens to destroy his home, his sanity, and his soul. For death is only the beginning of his nightmare. And the haunting of James Hastings might just be the end of him.

A PERFECT FAMILYMick and Amy Nash are an ordinary couple leading ordinary lives. And then, into the house next door move the Renders - beautiful, charming, perfect . . . and not at all what they pretend to be. AN EVIL SECRETToo late Mick learns that something is deeply, darkly wrong with the neighbours. Who are these people? Where did they come from? And what are they hiding in the basement?A SHOCKING TWIST ENDING As death and darkness descend on the neighbourhood, only Mick can save his family and expose the horrifying truth about the people next door - a secret already hailed as the most electrifying twist ending in years.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU COULD BECOME INVISIBLE?A GIFTSince childhood, Noel Shaker has been able to disappear, without warning or explanation.A CURSEBut his gift leaves Noel alone and afraid - and the more he tries to control it, the nearer he comes to madness.A DISCOVERYWhen Noel learns that some people can see him - and that his power has unleashed an otherworldly evil - he must discover the source of his 'fading'. But the truth is dark and dangerous - an unpredictable, shocking twist unlike any you have ever read.You are holding in your hands the scariest novel of the year. From the internationally bestselling author of The People Next Door comes a story worthy of Stephen King - a story of terror like you've never seen.

The truth is more terrifying than you can imagine.Darren and Beth Lynwood always dreamed of having a son, but when young amnesiac runaway Adam enters their lives, he brings with him a creeping darkness that threatens to engulf their family and everyone around them.When Adam's memories claw their way to the surface, Darren finds himself haunted by thoughts of his own childhood - and of a boy very much like Adam who was done an unspeakable wrong.As buried secrets are unearthed, the Lynwood's happy home becomes the hunting ground for a relentless evil and an obsession that will not die.There's no point locking the door.There's no use shutting out the night.Because the orphan is already inside.Dare you read to the end of The Orphan? Discover the chilling new novel from the author of The Birthing House and The People Next Door.