The Little Stranger (Movie Tie-In) [Paperback]

Soon to be a major motion picture--releasing August 31 in the US--the nationally bestselling and chillingly rendered ghost story-- several sleepless nights are guaranteed (Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly).

One postwar summer, in his home in rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries, the Georgian house, once impressive and handsome, is now in decline. Its owners--mother, son, and daughter--are struggling to keep pace with a changing society. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr. Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his.Praise forThe Little Stranger:

A classic gothic page-turner. --USA Today

Waters, a master at stoking anticipation, withholds the truth about her ghost until the final pages...subtle, surprising, and deeply, deeply chilling. --NPR

Haunted by the spirits of Henry James and Edgar Allan Poe...Waters is just one turn of the screw away from 'The Fall of the House of Usher.' She keeps the lightening flashing in every gloomy chapter, and you can't help but gasp, 'It's alive!' --The Washington Post

Sarah Waters is an excellent, evocative writer, and this is an incredibly gripping and readable novel. --The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)

With its subtly orchestrated suspense and spot-on portrayal of English class divisions, Waters's literary ghost story delights. --People

A virtuoso writer...If you want a ghost story that creeps up your spine, The Little Stranger delivers. --The Seattle Times

A near-perfect gothic novel... It's an astonishing performance, right down to the book's mournful and devastating final sentence. -- Salon

Waters creates an atmosphere of quiet dread that's unnerving and compelling. --TimelĂ*