Arthur met lovely but evil Valerie Stockley after he and his wife had moved into the new house.The house was strangely haunted - things moved of their own accord ... curtains drew themselves ... bells rang ...He was possessed by a force he could not fight. Lust, greed and weakness led him deeper into depravity until he was finally committed to murder.Only then was he obliged to face the power which occupied the house - and by that time there was no going back.[From the back cover of the 1963 paperback ]