Small Hand & Dolly: Two Novellas (First Vintage Books Edition.)

A HAUNTING PAIR OF GHOST STORIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOROF THE WOMAN IN BLACK The Small HandAntiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn and stumbles upon a derelict Edwardian house with a lush, overgrown garden.As he approachesthe door, he is startled to feel the unmistakable sensation of a small, cold hand creeping into his own, almost as though a child has taken hold of it.

Shaken, he returns home to find himself plagued by nightmares.

But when he decides to investigate the house's mysteries, he is troubled by increasingly sinister visitations.DollyAfter being orphaned at a young age, Edward Cayley is sent to spend the summer with his forbidding Aunt Kestrel at Iyot house, her decaying estate on the damp, lonely fens in the west of England.

With him is his spoiled, spiteful cousin Leonora. And when Leonora's birthday wish for a beautiful doll is denied, she unleashes a furious rage which will haunt Edward through the years to come.