Fear Stalks the Village

“Fear Stalks the Village” is a thrilling crime novel set in a sleepy village in the Downs, where a series of anonymous poison pen letters shocks the community and uncovers dark secrets. The novel is praised for its sense of reality and excellent characterisation, and is considered a foundation stone of the village mystery sub-genre of crime fiction.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 10 January 2024
Publisher: British Library Publishing

Fear Stalks the Village is a thrilling novel that possesses a sense of reality that is rare among thrillers. The characterisation is excellent, and readers will be on the edge of their seats throughout the story. The novel is set in a sleepy village in the Downs, where a novelist imagines the sordid truth hidden behind the quaint, rustic facade. When a spate of anonymous poison pen letters shocks the community, turning neighbour against neighbour and embroiling everyone from the rector and the ‘queen of the village Decima Asprey to the high-born Scudamores, the novelist's musings are confirmed. With venom in the air, the perpetrator remains a mystery, and dark secrets threaten to come to light. A shadow of shame and scandal stretches over the parish, with death and disaster following in its wake.

Ethel Lina White is a renowned crime novelist who is known for her innovative interwar classics. Fear Stalks the Village is one of her most famous works, and it remains one of the foundation stones of the village mystery sub-genre of crime fiction. The novel is set in a sleepy village in the Downs, where a novelist imagines the sordid truth hidden behind the quaint, rustic facade. When a spate of anonymous poison pen letters shocks the community, turning neighbour against neighbour and embroiling everyone from the rector and the ‘queen of the village Decima Asprey to the high-born Scudamores, the novelist's musings are confirmed. With venom in the air, the perpetrator remains a mystery, and dark secrets threaten to come to light. A shadow of shame and scandal stretches over the parish, with death and disaster following in its wake.

Fear Stalks the Village is a thrilling novel that possesses a sense of reality that is rare among thrillers. The characterisation is excellent, and readers will be on the edge of their seats throughout the story. The novel is set in a sleepy village in the Downs, where a novelist imagines the sordid truth hidden behind the quaint, rustic facade. When a spate of anonymous poison pen letters shocks the community, turning neighbour against neighbour and embroiling everyone from the rector and the ‘queen of the village Decima Asprey to the high-born Scudamores, the novelist's musings are confirmed. With venom in the air, the perpetrator remains a mystery, and dark secrets threaten to come to light. A shadow of shame and scandal stretches over the parish, with death and disaster following in its wake.

Ethel Lina White is a renowned crime novelist who is known for her innovative interwar classics. Fear Stalks the Village is one of her most famous works, and it remains one of the foundation stones of the village mystery sub-genre of crime fiction. The novel is set in a sleepy village in the Downs, where a novelist imagines the sordid truth hidden behind the quaint, rustic facade. When a spate of anonymous poison pen letters shocks the community, turning neighbour against neighbour and embroiling everyone from the rector and the ‘queen of the village Decima Asprey to the high-born Scudamores, the novelist's musings are confirmed. With venom in the air, the perpetrator remains a mystery, and dark secrets threaten to come to light. A shadow of shame and scandal stretches over the parish, with death and disaster following in its wake.

Weight: 274g
Dimension: 129 x 190 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780712355308