He has won awards for his true crime writing and also for his work as a playwright. He has also written novels under the pseudonym Jess Foley, as well as several works of nonfiction. Grant has hailed as one of the finest ghost stories ever written. He has published ten novels under his own name, including THE GODSEND (1976), which was adapted for a major film, and SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART (1977), which Charles L. When Tom Rigby is commissioned to paint a young womans portrait at Woolvercombe House.

‘Draws the reader into a web that grows gradually tighter with each turn of the page!’ – Booklistīernard Taylor was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, and now lives in London. Read The Reaping by Bernard Taylor available from Rakuten Kobo. ‘Move over, Stephen King!’ – New York Daily News For the seeds of evil have been sown, and the time to reap their wicked harvest is nigh! Soon he is drawn into an impenetrable maze of horror, and by the time he discovers the role he is intended to play in a diabolical design, it will already be too late. But from the moment of his arrival at the secluded country mansion strange and inexplicable events begin to transpire. 'A slow-burning, invisibly seductive ghost story.When Tom Rigby is commissioned to paint a young woman’s portrait at Woolvercombe House, the offer is too lucrative to refuse. 'Ingenious and well-crafted - a most satisfying chiller!' - Grand Rapids Press there isn't anything that beats it.' - Charles L. at once manages to be both moving and extremely unsettling. This edition features a new introduction by Michael Rowe. Ī chilling story that builds slowly and inexorably towards its shocking climax, Bernard Taylor's Sweetheart, Sweetheart (1977) has been recognized as one of the finest horror novels ever written. The Reaping (Paperbacks from Hell) by Bernard Taylor, Will Errickson (Introduction) Paperback 16.99 Paperback 16.99 eBook 7. But as David tries to unearth the facts of what really happened to his brother and his wife, he has no idea of the horror and evil that surround him or the terrible fate that may be in store.

Now David has inherited his brother's home, Gerrard's Hill Cottage, a lovely house with a lush garden that seems to promise peace and comfort to all who dwell there. He returns to England and learns the shocking truth: both Colin and his young bride Helen have died ghastly deaths - deaths that no one in the village wants to talk about. David Warwick, an Englishman living in New York, has a sudden premonition that his twin brother, Colin, is in danger.