Review: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Margot McGovern reviews Susan Hill’s Gothic chiller The Woman in Black (1983).
Margot McGovernAugust 11, 2015
When a thick yellow fog settles over London, budding lawyer Arthur Kipps is thrilled to be sent to the remote seaside village of Crythin Gifford to attend the funeral of his firm’s client, Mrs Drablow, and to sort through her papers at the ominously named Eel Marsh House. In fact, he anticipates it will be a bit of a holiday. However, when Arthur finds himself followed by a mysterious woman in black, he begins to wonder whether he might have been wiser to remain in fog-bound London.