Dolly
A Ghost Story

Susan Hill is a master of building anticipation until it becomes unbearable. I love it. It's a slow burn, subtle at first, but the tension tugs you along until you can't look away, even if you desperately want to, so you keep turning pages until... That was me finishing "Dolly" last night. Doll stor......more

These are by far two of the most chilling ghost stories I have read together in a long time. I'm so glad Amazon suggested it and that my local library had a copy, so I could get my hot hands on it. If you read this and DON'T get the chills/goosebumps then something is wrong with you. Just sayin'.......more

Somehow I ended up liking this one way more than I anticipated, primarily on the strength of the second story, after all one can't go wrong with creepy dolls. The first tale was just ok, something about modern Victorian fiction just doesn't work for me, you can't just have all that gloomy atmosphere......more

What's better than a ghost story? Two ghost stories! And that's what Susan Hill gives us in The Small Hand and Dolly. I love the cover -the doll's eye is unsettling and just set the tone for what awaits the reader. I've fallen in love with Hill's Simon Serrailler detective series, but it was only on......more

Adam Snow is into antiques. That is his job. To travel all over the world finding lost treasures. While heading back from one of his trips, Adam comes upon an old, abandoned house. The White House. Adam gets out of the car. While standing looking at the house Adam feels a small child's hand grab a h......more