The Moorstone Sickness

By Bernard Taylor

Book Overview

After the death of their infant son, Hal and Rowan Graham decide to leave the mad bustle of London and move to a quiet country refuge. And the rustic village of Moorstone seems perfect. Too perfect ...? Lying beneath a hill capped by an enormous stone, Moorstone hides mysterious secrets. Why does such a small town need such a large insane asylum? Why do the village's elderly residents leave everything they own to young newcomers they barely know? And why is everyone so friendly, so handsome, and so preoccupied with Hal and Rowan's health?

Before the Grahams can piece the insidious puzzle together they are plunged into a spiralling terror of ancient mysteries reborn, people who are not quite what they seem, and a village that is quaint, charming - and deadly

When it comes to spine-chilling tales of quiet horror, no one surpasses Bernard Taylor, the bestselling author of the classic novels The Godsend and Sweetheart, Sweetheart. This edition of The Moorstone Sickness (1982) features a new introduction by Mark Morris.

'Reaches its horrifying climax with seductive grace' - Library Journal

'A fine atmosphere of terror' - New York Times

'Slow-building occult horror' - Kirkus Reviews

'His fiction grips and holds the reader . . . Taylor is a master' - Publishers Weekly

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941147836
• ISBN13: 9781941147832
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Valancourt Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Suffering From Any Kind of Sickness? Read a Taylor Novel and You'll Feel Much Better!

Not quite in the league of Taylor's masterpieces such as Mother's Boys or The Godsend but still a very good mild horror/supernatural tale from one of the genre's best ever authors. First published in 1982 The Moorstone Sickness follows young English couple Hal and Rowan as they move to the small British village of Moorstone to escape the tradgedy of losing their young son who plummeted to his death from their London highrise apartment. Hal has had to live on eggshells so to speak around Rowan (Rowan is a woman by the way, yes Taylor giving her a guy's name does get confusing at times) as London offered daily reminders of their son. Both are sure the extremely friendly little town of Moorstone, watched over by a black Stonehenge aged ancient rock ia the place to be. They have a great house which they got at a great price. Only thing is everyone is a little too friendly and no one seems to have ever moved away from the town, also all the elderly seem to have left their houses when they died or went insane to young people who came to stay who then gave up their careers. There's something weird about Moorstone, a town that seems to have deadly secrets. Taylor is one of the most underrated thriller/supernatural authors out there, especially outside of England. Check out one of his novels today!