Coachman's Acre
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Writer Malcolm Radcliffe finds himself suddenly out of his depth when a terrible accident occurs in his London home, and is exiled to a 19th century abandoned estate house somewhere in rural Ireland.
He must atone for his sins, but does the punishment fit the crime? Or does it just so happen a frightening other-worldly presence stalks him in the stark halls in the dead of night.
With only a surviving, sadistic caretaker to share his company, he must wrestle the ghosts of his past and those of the house, and get a grip on the precipice of his sanity before he slips forever.
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