Some secrets can never be concealed . . . Nell Galilee, her husband and twelve year old step-daughter Maude rent a cottage by the sea. Elder House has been empty for some time, and from the start Nell feels uncomfortable there. Something isn't quite right about this place . . . Maude though finds herself beguiled by Elder House's strange atmosphere. There are peculiar marks in the roof beams in her bedroom, and in another room, a hiding place, concealing a strange, unnerving object. As the house gradually reveals its secrets, the tensions between Maude and Nell grow, and soon events will come to a terrible head . . . 'A masterful, unnerving thriller' Woman's Own 'Unsettling and creepy, it's a perfect supernatural read' My Weekly 'Haunting and atmospheric' A.J. Gnuse, author of The Girl in the Walls