Footsteps in the Dark (New Portway Large Print Books)

Book info: Footsteps in the Dark (New Portway Large Print Books) (Hardcover, 383 pages – Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 1987) – Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 1987. Language: Eng.

The ancient and rambling Priory near the village of Framley seems the ideal rural retreat for Celia Malcolm, her husband Charles, her brother and sister and their aunt. Its reputation as a haunted house is, as the Vicar points out, one that a deserted building invariably earns, and the refusal of the local people to venture near after sunset can easily be attributed to foolish superstition. But why had the last occupants left after the first year of their lease? And how can the new owners dismiss entirely the stolid innkeeper's ghoulish tale, or the alarming shadow of a cowled monk seen from the house at the dead of night?