She is the bestselling author of the creepy and claustrophobic Banktoun trilogy (Black Wood, Willow Walk and

Her short stories have been published in many places and she was shortlisted for the inaugural CWA Margery Allingham prize with her story ‘Home from Home’, which was published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in spring 2017. (Susi) Holliday is a pharmaceutical statistician by day and a crime and horror fan by night. The Lingering by SJI Holliday was published in the UK by Orenda Books on 15th November 2018 and is available in paperback, eBook and audio formats (please note, some of the following links are affiliate links which means I receive a small percentage of the purchase price at no extra cost to you): | .uk | | Waterstones | BookDepository | Goodreads | The winner will need to provide me with their name and address which I will pass on to the blog tour organiser. The giveway is open internationally and the winner will be announced shortly after midday on Sunday 25th November (GMT) when the giveaway closes. Ghost stories work no matter what time of year! We’ve missed Halloween but that doesn’t matter.

To be in with a chance of winning a copy all you have to do is pop the name of your favourite spooky book in the comments. To celebrate The Lingering’s release I have a paperback copy up for grabs today.

The Lingering is the latest book from SJI Holliday and was published by Orenda Books on 15th November 2018. I am delighted to welcome you to the blog today and to my stop on The Lingering blog tour. As the residents become twitchy, and the villagers suspicious, events from the past come back to haunt them, and someone is seeking retribution…Īt once an unnerving locked-room mystery, a chilling thriller and a dark and superbly wrought ghost story, The Lingering is an exceptionally plotted, terrifying and tantalisingly twisted novel by one of the most exciting authors in the genre.” When Jack and Ali arrive, a chain of unexpected and unexplained events is set off, and it becomes clear that they are not all that they seem. The local village is known for the witches who once resided there and Rosalind House, where the commune has been established, is a former psychiatric home, with a disturbing history “Married couple Jack and Ali Gardiner move to a self-sufficient commune in the English Fens, desperate for fresh start.

The Lingering by S.J.I. Holliday