Jonathan Aycliffe

Not long after his daughter Naomi is abducted and then found murdered in a field, Charles Hillenbrand begins hearing sinister whispers in the night, and he soon tries to uncover the truth behind his daughter's demise. Original.

Naomis Room

Naomi's Room

Jordan Robinson

'A chilling story' -- Independent Charles and Laura live a sheltered, gilded life in the the privileged world of Cambridge academia: young and in love, their marriage is blessed by a wonderful child - Naomi. On Christmas Eve morning, Charles sets off with Naomi on a shopping trip to London. By the end of the day, all Charles and his wife have left are cups of tea and police sympathy... Their beautiful, angelic only child, has disappeared. Days later her murdered body is discovered... but is she dead?

Laura Springall

Naomi's Room started off good, it was pretty creepy and had a spooky atmosphere. By the middle of the book it had fallen completely flat, I was so bored! The entire middle was basically just the main character doing research on the ghost. That's it. Nothing else. And the end took an unexpected turn that was extremely disturbing, and not in a good way. From around 60% onwards, not only did the plot take that turn, but the writing also went to shit, too. It kind of felt like Aycliffe started out strong and then gave up halfway through. The ending felt like he didn't care anymore, he just wanted to finish the book. Even so, I was going to give it 3 stars until the last 10% happened and just. Wow that was awful.

TRIGGER WARNINGS
Multiple kidnappings, rape, child sexual assault, incest, torture, a fuckton of other shit that was entirely unnecessary and was only used for shock value!!

Charles and Laura are a young, happily married couple inhabiting the privileged world of Cambridge academia. Brimming with excitement, Charles sets off with his daughter Naomi on a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London. But, by the end of the day, all Charles and his wife have left are cups of tea and police sympathy. For Naomi, their beautiful, angelic only child, has disappeared. Days later her murdered body is discovered.But is she dead?In a howling, bumping story of past and present day hell, Jonathan Aycliffe's haunting psychological masterpiece is guaranteed to make you sink to untold depths of teeth-shaking terror.

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