![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Mrs Norris (a neighbour of the Sheldrakes) is undergoing a slow deterioration which started when Mr Noble joined her Spiritualist Church. As the year progresses, the boys go on a school trip to France for a tour of the battlefields, a tour connected to a strange encounter experienced by Mr Noble’s father in the First World War. Dominic realises that he’s already seen his new form master and history teacher, Mr Noble Dominic’s room overlooks the local cemetery, and he’s seen Mr Noble pushing a pram through the graves. ![]() The Searching Dead is the first book in a new trilogy from Flame Tree Press, which has published and reprinted several of his novels.Īt the start of the story, Dominic Sheldrake – along with his best friend Jim – is facing his first day at The Holy Ghost Grammar School, Liverpool, in 1952. Whilst he may not have received the mainstream success of James Herbert, he has a great catalogue of work to explore, and a full mantelpiece-worth of awards and honours. R amsey Campbell has been a significant presence in British horror fiction ever since the publication of his anthology Demons by Daylight in 1973, and his first novel The Doll Who Ate His Mother in 1976. ![]()
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