Gallows Hill

by Darcy Coates

Overview

"Coates ratchets up the ghostly manifestations till you can't imagine there are any more stops to pull out—though of course there are." —Kirkus Reviews

The Hull family has owned the Gallows Hill Winery for generations. Their wine wins awards. Their business prospers. Their family thrives. People whisper that the curse has awakened once more.

The sprawling old house has long been perched on top of a hill overlooking the nearby town, jealously guarding the estate's secrets.

It's been more than a decade since Margot Hull last saw her childhood home. She was young enough when she was sent away that she barely remembers its dark passageways and secret corners. But now she's returned to bury her parents and reconnect with the winery that is her family's legacy—and the bloody truth of exactly what lies buried beneath the crumbling estate. Alone in the sprawling, dilapidated building, Margot is forced to come face to face with the horrors of the past—and realize that she may be the next victim of a house that never rests...

Darcy Coates brings you a brand-new horror novel that'll take your breath away… Gallows Hill is perfect for fans of Jennifer McMahon, Simone St. James, lovers of ghost stories and anyone mesmerized by the twisted secrets of the past.

Also By Darcy Coates:

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

From Below

The Whispering Dead

The Haunting of Ashburn House

The Haunting of Blackwood House

Craven Manor

The House Next Door

Voices in the Snow

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728220246
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	39,721
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Darcy Coates is the USA Today bestselling author of Hunted, The Haunting of Ashburn House, Craven Manor, and more than a dozen horror and suspense titles. She lives on the Central Coast of Australia with her family, cats, and a garden full of herbs and vegetables. Darcy loves forests, especially old-growth forests where the trees dwarf anyone who steps between them. Wherever she lives, she tries to have a mountain range close by.

Editorial Reviews

"Catnip for fans of things that go bump in the night, and eventually the day." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

09/09/2022

Margot Hull has just inherited haunted, cursed Gallows Hill—the land, the house, and the surprisingly thriving winery—from her late parents, who she hasn't seen since she was eight. Now they're gone, and she'll never have the answers she craves. Not until those answers start literally creeping out of the woodwork of the crumbling house—and reaching out of the hundreds of unmarked graves that both populate and haunt the property. Margot doesn't want to stay, but the place won't let her leave until she uncovers the gruesome buried truths and finds a way to put all of Gallows Hill's ghosts and secrets to rest—unless they put her to rest first. The slowly building horror of Gallows Hill, the property itself a darkly brooding character in the story, will prey on the minds of both Margot and the novel's readers as the true nature of the terror and the threat slowly creeps into the murky light. VERDICT Coates (From Below) tells the kind of chilling haunted-house story that will keep gothic horror readers on the edge of their seats while hiding under their blankets right up to the shocking, terrible twist at the end.—Marlene Harris

Library Journal

2022-06-08
The newly orphaned owner of Australia’s Gallows Hill Winery discovers that she’s inherited a lot more than a business—and that the ownership works both ways.

As far as anyone can tell, Hugh and Maria Hull died of heart attacks the same night. Margot Hull certainly can’t add any details: Brought up by Hugh’s mother, she hasn’t seen her parents since she was a small child. The news that she’s their sole legatee is a decidedly mixed blessing. She’s never understood why they sent her away so long ago. She doesn’t know anything about running the business that’s suddenly dropped in her lap. She can’t even drink wine, which makes her sick despite her tolerance for all sorts of other spirits. Hardly has Margot bedded down at her late parents’ house with the help of Kant, the winery’s business manager, when eerie portents begin. She hears nocturnal cries and moans. She finds six nooses strung up outside the house, and Kant informs her that similar nooses have regularly appeared throughout the 30 years he’s worked there. An ancient videotape her parents made for her looks more creepy than reassuring. And her fear of underground spaces is severely tested. Clearly the place is haunted, with every indication that no one who settles on Gallows Hill, which fully deserves its name, can ever leave. As the 250th anniversary of the disappearance of Ezra Hull, the winery’s original owner, along with his wife and their four children, approaches, Coates, dispensing with any opening pretense of normalcy, ratchets up the ghostly manifestations till you can’t imagine there are any more stops to pull out—though of course there are.

Catnip for fans of things that go bump in the night, and eventually the day.

Kirkus Reviews