Hobbe's Folly - Adam Macqueen

Hobbe's Folly - Adam Macqueen

Adam Macqueen

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Published 8 October 2026

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  • Pages · 240 pages
  • Publication Date · 08/10/2026
  • Genre · Horror & ghost stories
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Some truths should stay guarded Hobbe's Folly is a�deeply unsettling tale of ghostly estates and other dimensions by Adam Macqueen, author of Haunted Tales. 1904: Naive bookseller's assistant Henry Canning arrives at Hareswood Lodge to catalogue the library of its late owner. But he's unprepared for the horrors that lurk within Matthew Hobbe's collection - and something even more terrible that still lingers in the room itself. The present day, and a young council officer is tasked with finding the story behind an unassuming brick building that is all that stands in the way of a vast new housing development. But to the concern of his colleagues, Ben finds himself growing more and more obsessed with the secret of Hobbe's Folly. Why does it have no doors or windows? Is it to keep people out? Or to keep something too awful to imagine trapped inside?In Hobbe's Folly, Adam Macqueen channels the masters of the ghost story in two intertwined narratives that build into a horrifying whole - and will ensure you never look at the view beyond your windows in quite the same way again.

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