The Open Door: A chilling ghost story set in beautiful Norfolk, just after VE day

by Shane Brown

The third in the Norfolk Ghost Story series of novels.1945: As the country celebrates the end of the war in Europe, the victory coincides with a series of personal challenges for Michael and Peter. Meanwhile, it has been two years since their last supernatural investigation, and, when their friend Charlie Fitzgerald comes to stay, they join a local ghost-hunting group for a vigil in a nearby village. Soon after, they agree to take on the case of a seven-year-old girl, Susan Bradshaw, who appears to be haunted by the spirit of a young boy. But, as the investigation goes on, it becomes clear that nothing is as it seems, and Michael and Peter realise that their involvement could end in tragedy.

294 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 27, 2024

About the author

Shane Brown has a PhD in Film, Television and Media from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, with his thesis about representations of male queerness in silent and early sound film. His book on the same subject will be published in September 2016. In 2013, Shane published his young adult novel, Breaking Point, dealing with the subject of homophobic bullying in schools. To date, it has had over 7000 Kindle downloads. A new edition was published in 2019, along with a sequel, Breaking Down. His 2016 novel, The Lookout, is an adult ghost story set on the Norfolk coast. He has also published song-by-song guides to the music of Elvis Presley and Bobby Darin.