There’s a carving above the front door of Ida’s house with a creepy face. As soon as the girls arrive, they’re greeted with strange things. Despite knowing that bad things happen when children are under Ida’s care, their father has little choice but to send them away. Their mother is sick, and she’s unable to keep an eye on them (this is a thread in the story that won’t be picked up much, but savvy readers will understand what mom’s illness is and understand why she cannot care for her children). It’s 1958, and teen Cora and her younger sister Mimi are sent their Aunt Ida’s home in the village to be watched while their father is away on business. This is a book I am going to be thinking about for a long time. But Lindsey Barraclough’s Long Lankin? It completely delivers. The problem is so few actually deliver on the chills in quite the way I hope they will.
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