Her greatest book ... at once whimsical and harrowing, a miniaturist's charmingly detailed fantasy sketched inside a mausoleum ... the deeper we sink, the deeper we want to go.

The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... She is a true master.

A masterpiece of Gothic suspense.

If you haven't read We Have Always Lived in the Castle ... you have missed out on something marvellous.

Her greatest book ... at once whimsical and harrowing, a miniaturist's charmingly detailed fantasy sketched inside a mausoleum ... Through depths and depths and bloodwarm depths we fall, until the surface is only an eerie gleam high above, nearly forgotten; and the deeper we sink, the deeper we want to go

This novel brings back all my faith in terror and death. I can say no higher of it and her

An amazing writer

The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... She is a true master

A masterpiece of Gothic suspense

So eerie, so disturbing, and not a wasted word, it has the kind of economy I wish I knew how to achieve

For me, it is that unique and dreamlike book ... that stands as her masterpiece

We Have Always Lived in the Castle is Jackson's masterpiece ... Stunning

Manages the ironic miracle of convincing the reader that a house inhabited by a lunatic, a poisoner, and a pyromaniac is a world more rich in sympathy, love and subtlety than the world outside

A witch's brew of eerie power and startling novelty

A marvellous elucidation of life ... a story full of craft and full of mystery

This novel is short, beautifully crafted and gripping

A work of great creepiness and subtle power. It will linger 'orribly in the mind.

Expertly structured, her beautifully written prose as haunting as the best ghost story

From ghost stories to crime thrillers to children's novels, Susan Hill is a writer of striking versatility. 'The Beacon' is a literary novel - done to spectacular effect