Amazon Review
Elinor's mother deserted her when she was a toddler and when her father is killed in a fire that left Elinor scarred both physically and emotionally, she is forced to live with her aunt and uncle and their cruel, bullying offspring. But when Elinor and the Madisons take a holiday in the country, Elinor is presented with an opportunity to take her revenge, and she finds herself both trapped and tempted by the possibility that she could make the family suffer.

Crying in the Dark is such an intense, powerful and often cruel story, that Ann Halam, with her deep understanding of the hearts and minds of her characters, effortlessly pulls the reader into Elinor's dark and lonely world, leaving him as breathless with fear and raw emotion as the girl haunted not only by her own ghosts, but also by those that inhabit the corridors of an old, country house. --Susan Harrison