A Shadow on the Stair

by Gloria Murphy

Book Overview

Single mother Hollie Ganz moves into a seemingly perfect neighborhood, but she soon becomes the object of threatening phone calls and mysterious threats. By the author of A Whisper in the Attic. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451177169
• ISBN13: 9780451177162
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

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Hollie Ganz is newly separated from her abusive husband Jeremy and has moved into a small house in a new town, to await a divorce. Her 14 year old daughter Allison, has been continually pestered by Dylan, an older boy at High School and is the adored son of a doting mother and an arrogant, lecherous father, a prominent lawyer in the small community. Hollie's young son Jake is coping fairly well although he misses his father badly. Hollie keeps hearing strange noises in the house and is so unnerved that she makes several calls to the local police who, except for one detective, write her off as a neurotic attention seeker. When Allison is accosted in the street by Dylan and his cronies, a young neighbour, Woody, comes to her rescue, and from then on, insinuates himself into their lives. Hollie still feels that she is being watched and is thrown off balance by the heavy breathing phone calls that she recieves, unsure whether it is Dylan playing games or if perhaps it could be her ex husband who is trying to force her to return to him. The scenario gradually worsens and results in a terrifying ordeal for Hollie and her children, with some of the characters seeming to change from good to bad and leaving a big question mark over people's motives. It's a story that would make a good, spooky movie with lots of twists.

As Quiet As a Mouse

When divorcee Hollie Ganz moves into what seems like the ideal house with her two children, Jake 8 and Allison, 14 life takes on a cheerier turn. That cheer darkens when Allison is stalked by a classmate named Dylan. Dylan hounds and harasses her in school; he telephones her; on one occasion he grabs her into a car after school and refuses to release her. Naturally Hollie presses charges against Dylan.More ominous events take place. Windows are shattered; books are moved; horrifying stories of the previous tenants are left for Hollie and the children to find. Who and what could be behind these bizarre occurrences leave the Ganzes feeling terrorized and traumatized. Dylan is at the top of their short list of suspects; Dylan's overbearing, lawyer father is yet another suspect; a strange, lonely boy who appears to be attached to the Ganzes; Hollie's ex-husband Jeremy certainly appears to have an agenda as well. In time light is shined on the shadows and the mysteries recede. This is a masterfully crafted book that was very riveting indeed.

a very good book!!

this book starts out slow BUT the further you go the more interesting it yets. you can not believe what the mother is thinking, but then, it might really be true. i really recommend this book!!!

a very good book!!

this book starts out slow BUT the further you go the more interesting it yets. you can not believe what the mother is thinking, but then, it might really be true. i really recommend this book!

A twisting and turning novel that kept me hooked.

this novel had me hooked from the beginning. the plot was quite complex but not too complexed that i got lost. I was amazed each chapter by the twists and turns, horrors and surprises that happened to the family. I still remember the plot and all the evil, troublesome things done to the single mother, her son and her daughter