The Haunted House at Latchford

When H. Stafford Trevor, barrister-at-law, agrees to act as best man at his cousin Geoffrey's wedding, he is appalled to discover that his cousin's fiancée is litte more than a child. Then Geoffrey dies, leaving a will whose stringent conditions tie the young widow to the house at Fairy Water. Trevor vows to act as her guardian and protector. But the barrister has troubles of his own when he discovers that the uncanny legends surrounding his own country house, Crow Hall, might have more than a grain of truth in them. Moreover, it seems that the haunting at Crow Hall and the fate of the widow at Fairy Water are destined to become intertwined...

Originally published as the Routledge Christmas Annual for 1873, this is an atmospheric gothic romance from one of the Victorian era's most celebrated writers of supernatural tales.


Genre: Horror