Ambers family think shes gone to Cornwall on holiday, but really shes left home. Shes forging a new life - new housemates, new job and (with a little luck) new boyfriend. She feels bad because her mother and Poppy need her, but shes got to make the break, get out of their clutches...Then Amber falls ill and her family come to look after her. Something in the house responds to Poppys presence, something malign and threatening. When Poppy moves into the attic, it gets even stronger, until evil seems to permeate everywhere and Amber thinks she might never be able to escape...A chilling and absorbing novel from a brilliant storyteller.