A Dark Corner is a chilling depiction of domestic horror. First published in 1971 it tells the story of Errol, a young man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In a North-West London suburb on a wet evening Errol mistakenly rings the doorbell of the house of Nelly and Arthur Didcot. Wet-through and coughing he asks about a room. Despite arriving at the wrong house Nelly invites him in to stay just for one night.
Behind the veneer of middle-class respectability however a dreadful truth is about to be revealed in a horrifying and murderous climax.
'Celia Dale is past mistress of the bizarre truth behind normal facades.' New Statesman
'She is bitingly spot-on with her dialogue which catches an undertow of hope, desire and revulsion.' The Times
'Celia Dale has created an established corner in tales of domestic terror and Arthur Didcot in A Dark Corner is a totally fiendish fiend.' Daily Telegraph
- ISBN10 0333128826
- ISBN13 9780333128824
- Publish Date 28 October 1971
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English