River Hall is the bane of Messrs. Craven and Son of Buckingham Street: every tenant flees it, sues, or demands compensation. The firm’s young clerk, who tells the story, finally agrees to spend nights in the empty house himself, while its owner, the formidable Miss Blake, and her niece wait on the outcome.
A Victorian haunted-house novel with a wry eye for lawyers and money, from one of the period’s best writers of the supernatural. Download the free EPUB.