A war rages abroad. Meanwhile something darker stirs at home.
The year is 1939. With the world plunging into chaos, young Katie Maloney is left behind in a crumbling pub on the edge of Crowford while her father goes off to fight. Haunted by dread and desperate to escape, she flees into the dense forest nearby – only to sense something watching her from the shadows.
Back at the pub, strange noises echo through the walls after dark. At first, Katie believes it’s all in her head. But her mother hears them too… and refuses to speak of what they might mean. As days stretch into weeks, both mother and daughter are drawn down separate paths – one toward denial, the other toward obsession.
But something ancient has awoken. And it’s not confined to the woods.
The Legend of the Crossley Stag is the thirteenth chilling instalment in the Ghosts of Crowford series. Each story stands alone, so they can be read in any order – but once you enter Crowford, you may never leave.
