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One Night in Crowford
The year is 1990. On the last day of school before Christmas, Danny Slater finds himself being pursued through the snowy streets by a gang of bullies. He takes refuge in a block of public toilets in the centre of Crowford, but he soon realises that he's not alone.
People in Crowford are used to finding ghosts in rundown old buildings and spooky houses, but do the undead really linger somewhere as bland and unthreatening as the local toilets?
More than one hundred years earlier, these toilets didn't exist. Instead, this part of Crowford was home to the slums, where the poorest of the poor eked out their miserable lives in filth and squalor. For Arthur and Annie Yardsley, food was hard to come by and water from the local pumps often carried deadly diseases. When Arthur ended up being dragged away from the town, Annie's fight for survival became even tougher.
Over the following century and a half, this one small patch of land in Crowford sees many changes. People and buildings come and go, and slowly one of the town's most unusual hauntings begins to settle in. And by the time Danny Slater seeks sanctuary on a snowy night in 1990, the scene is set for a terrifying encounter that will change the town forever.
One Night in Crowford is another stand-alone book in the long-running Ghosts of Crowford series, about a spooky English town where the ghosts outnumber the living and nothing is ever quite what it seems.
People in Crowford are used to finding ghosts in rundown old buildings and spooky houses, but do the undead really linger somewhere as bland and unthreatening as the local toilets?
More than one hundred years earlier, these toilets didn't exist. Instead, this part of Crowford was home to the slums, where the poorest of the poor eked out their miserable lives in filth and squalor. For Arthur and Annie Yardsley, food was hard to come by and water from the local pumps often carried deadly diseases. When Arthur ended up being dragged away from the town, Annie's fight for survival became even tougher.
Over the following century and a half, this one small patch of land in Crowford sees many changes. People and buildings come and go, and slowly one of the town's most unusual hauntings begins to settle in. And by the time Danny Slater seeks sanctuary on a snowy night in 1990, the scene is set for a terrifying encounter that will change the town forever.
One Night in Crowford is another stand-alone book in the long-running Ghosts of Crowford series, about a spooky English town where the ghosts outnumber the living and nothing is ever quite what it seems.
284 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 17, 2025
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Amy Cross
702 books1,734 followersAmy Cross writes novels and short stories in a number of genres, mainly horror, paranormal and fantasy. Books include The Farm, Annie's Room, The Island, Eli's Town and Asylum.
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December 26, 2025
4.5
a story that follows Danny and Annie with a time line that weaves nicely. Annie lives in the cottages by a water pump but shes sick. Danny in the future gets trapped in some toilets with a bully on xmas eve. their stories Cross and written in a neat way. very good read in the crowford series.
a story that follows Danny and Annie with a time line that weaves nicely. Annie lives in the cottages by a water pump but shes sick. Danny in the future gets trapped in some toilets with a bully on xmas eve. their stories Cross and written in a neat way. very good read in the crowford series.
January 3, 2026
Another wonderful Crowford story! I love this series and I am glad Amy Cross has kept it going this long. 26 books so far in this series and she hasn't ran out of ideas for more haunted places in the town. Looking forward to book 27 soon.
January 2, 2026
Time travel
An interesting story of accidental time travel or was she really a ghost? Plus will the bully learn his lesson.
An interesting story of accidental time travel or was she really a ghost? Plus will the bully learn his lesson.
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