When the widow Mrs Alice Drablow dies, Arthur Kipps is sent to her home - Eel Marsh House - to sort through her papers for anything of legal relevance. But before he even reaches the house, he encounters the woman in black, and everything is changed. 
 I watched the 1989 film with Adrian Rawlins a few years ago and very much enjoyed it. It's a psychological horror that focuses more on the creepy atmosphere than showing gross stuff or having things that go "boo!" So when I found out recently that there was a book, I decided that I just had to give it a read! 
 And I am so glad I did! 
 The book is everything I loved about the movie, dialed up. Right from the start, the atmosphere is so creepy that I had several moments in my reading when I was too scared to put the book down and get out of bed. Hill uses very subtle things (a noise, a woman just standing at a window, a thick fog, an open door), but weaves them together in a terrifying (and relentless) way. 
 My main complaint with a lot of horror is that it seems to confused "frightening" with "gross." This is never more clear than in most of the torture porn/horror flicks that Hollywood keeps churning out. I like to be frightened, I find it thrilling! But I do not like to be grossed out. The Woman in Black is the first horror I've seen in a long while - in any medium - that sets grossness aside completely. And that makes me so very very happy. 
 As all my Facebook and book club friends will attest, I have been absolutely raving about this book. It's super short - just 150 page in my copy - and a very easy read, so there's no excuse not to give it a go. 
 P.S.: The final line ("They asked for my story. I have told it. Enough.") is so absolutely perfect that it deserves it's own separate mention.