Catherine thinks that she has finally put her life back in
order. She has found a new dream job,
working as an antique appraiser after she was forced to leave her job in
London, due to an “incident”. She has a
boyfriend and is generally pretty happy.
She is excited that someone wants her to catalogue some of the works of
M.H. Mason, who was a famous taxidermist and had done several tableaux using
small animals. In the house there is
also a collection of antique dolls, apparently belonging to Mason’s niece,
Edith. After an initial visit, Edith
asks her to stay at the house. At first,
Catherine is thrilled, but as time passes, things happen in the house that make
her uneasy, footsteps when there shouldn’t be anyone there, bizarre films that
Edith wants her to watch, small faces at windows although there are no children
in the house. The longer Catherine
stays, the more bizarre and horrible the situation becomes, until Catherine
begins to wonder if she has lost her mind, especially since it appears that
Edith is keeping her there against her will.
This was a pretty scary book but it was also very bizarre. I liked the beginning but by the time we got
to the actual horror, I was kind of confused about what the real story
was. I’m not sure that I’d read anything
else by this author but fans of psychological terror might like it.
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