House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine

House of Echoes by Barbara
Erskine
When Joss, an adopted child, discovers that her real mother has left the
beautiful family home, Belheddon Hall, to her, she is thrilled, until she
discovers that the Hall is haunted by a presence which will not tolerate
husbands or sons living in the house. When Joss Grant inherits the beautiful
old house on the East Anglian coast, it is a dream come true. Eager to begin
a new life there with her husband and son, she is also impatient to find out
about her newly discovered family who lived there for generations. But Joss
begins to hears echoing voices and senses an invisible presence, watching her
from the shadows. Are they spirits from the past? Or is it her imagination?
As she learns, with mounting horror, of the house’s tragic history, her fears
intensify, for she realizes that both her family and her own sanity are at
the mercy of a violent and powerful energy which seems beyond anyone’s
control. Despite the threat to her own husband and son, Joss is unable to
break free, and, in a last desperate attempt, conjures up the presence to
deal with ‘it’ once and for all.