Book description
"An immensely readable and original coming-of-age horror tale" - Duncan Ralston, author of Ghostland.
On the outskirts of town, hides a secret.
If you follow a path through the trees, read the rules (always twice) on the sign post, go up a hill and across a grassy clearing, that secret…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Window In the Ground as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I know what you’re thinking: is this really a graveyard? To be honest: Who knows?
But… there are things buried underground, so I’m including it because this is a great book. Sometimes you read something which has such a perfect idea at its core that all you can do is devour it with a curl of envy growing in your heart as you think to yourself “I really wish I’d come up with that.” The window in the ground is most definitely one of those books.
It is.. odd. But good odd. The sort of odd where you recognise the…
From Richard's list on The best books set in graveyards.
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