Benighted 9781405985802 Paperback

PENGUIN HORROR: A celebration of the very best literary horror, a series of terrifying novels and tales that for generations have thrilled, captivated and kept readers wide awake at night.A group of travellers find themselves marooned in the Welsh countryside by torrential rains and buffeting winds. Desperate to find shelter from the storm, they flee to a crumbling mansion, where they are reluctantly taken in by the cloistered, erratic Femm family. Strange on first meeting, the secretive familys true peculiarities only become clear as the night unfoldsA gothic treat shot through with the dejection and anxiety of a world recovering from the horrors of the First World War, J. B. PriestleysBenightedis a razor-sharp blend of dark social satire and even darker dread.There are none too many stories comparable with this oneThe New York Times