The Secret of Crickley Hall

By: James Herbert

Narrated by: David Rintoul

Length: 18 hrs

Publisher's summary

There is an old, empty house in Devil's Cleave, a deep gorge that leads from the high moors down to the harbour village of Hollow Bay. The house is Crickley Hall and it's large and grim, somehow foreboding. It's rumoured to be haunted. It's thought to hold a secret. Despite some reservations, the Caleighs move in, searching for respite in this beautiful part of North Devon, seeking peace and perhaps to come to terms with what's happened to them as a family.

But all is not well with the house. They hear unaccountable noises. A cellar door they shut every night is always open again in the morning. They see things that cannot be real. The house is the last place the Caleighs should have come to, for the terror that unfolds is beyond belief. Soon they will discover the secret horror of Crickley Hall....

©2006 James Herbert (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Entertaining..spooky...Sad

If you could sum up The Secret of Crickley Hall in three words, what would they be?

The book is well written. I don't normally like the british accent when listening to a book but this one good listen. I did not have trouble understanding what was being said. The history of the house is sad..the story pulls at your heart strings for the children.

Na

Any additional comments?

It was a really good book it was so good I didn't want to stop listening it would make a terrific movie

Great read

I really couldn't wait to come back to finish listening to it great read great author. wonderful narrator

Excellent haunt!

I loved this!Excellent haunted story with excellent narration. Narrator really gave that extra something when action scenes came.

The Writer and the Reader Are Brilliant!

The story is captivating, and the characters are deep and dynamic. The narrator did a phenomenal job of bringing both the characters and the action to life with distinct voices and accents, as well as changing tone, speed, and volume to match the mood of each scene. Two thumbs up! 👍👍 I will be looking for more James Herbert AND more of this narrator.

There really isn’t a secret....

After the first chapters you can predict the middle and end....there is absolutely no secret. It should be called The Blatantly Foreshadowed Secret of Crickley Hall. Sigh.....

The narrator did a good job, though.

Would not recommend

Raising and lowering your voice to emphasize words is great, but this narrator does it so extremely that even on full volume sometimes I can barely understand him. Then out of no where he's yelling again. It's very frustrating.

The story was fine up until the last few chapters. It got really boring and predictable at what was supposed to be the climax of the story.

Really enjoyed this book! mystery,@suspense

Where does The Secret of Crickley Hall rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Well I couldnt stop listening till the end and thats a good book to me. Once I got over the annoying fathers attitude , but he came right after a while .There's alot of inner mind thinking by the characters which actually helps the story at first i thought it would hinder the flow of the book. A true ghost story with a good ending.

Horrendous crime

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I was enjoying this story until it got to the underlying story involving children. Then it became unbearable. I like this author, and I love horror stories, but this one just made me sick at heart.

Swish Thwack!! No Secret about Cricley Hall

A tedious tale of predictable events& cliched people...I mean are there no other abusers of women&children left in the world besides Christians?? ...perverse musicians
that travel to Bankock maybe, or creepy senators who support NAMBLA???...Dictators&dictator wanna-bees??...zealots from that other religion of peace??...what about good old fashioned Satanists?? And why does some creepy little man only brave enough to abuse children die and suddenly become infused with superpowers? In life the Captain of the Chess club could mop the floor wh him...I ask you?