There’s a lot to love about Allison A’s debut novel The Noise. Eerie, engaging, and often rather gory, it’s a nifty little horror that grips you from the get-go. Paying homage in part to The Yellow Wallpaper, it’s a wonderfully twisty tale about the things that haunt us - and what haunts them.

There’s more than a whiff of the Gothic about The Noise, with Angela and Jack’s new digs filling in for the traditional crumbling manor house, and our isolated heroine struggling to balance the emotional and the supernatural with the rather more rational. After all, she has been through a lot - maybe it really is just all in her head.

With a compelling lead character, an array of frightening apparitions, and a twist you might see coming (not that that’s a bad thing), The Noise is a really solid read. Throwing a few emotional punches along the way, it’ll scratch the itch of anyone who likes their horror with a bit of heart.

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