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The Black VeilThe Black VeilLester McKone

THE BLACK VEIL is a chilling thriller based on Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Victorian London.

Newly-qualified doctor Stephen Ruggles has just arrived home on a stormy winter’s evening and is warming himself by the fire. A mysteriously-veiled elderly woman arrives at his door and begs him to visit a nameless patient at daybreak the following morning. Against his better judgement, Ruggles agrees, only to find himself embroiled in … a web of lies and deceit that ends in death … but for whom!

 

“a chilling thriller [that] leads the audience down several blind alleys before revealing all with a clever double twist … nothing is as it seems” (theargus.co.uk / Brighton Argus)

“eerie, nightmarish, chillingly spooky… a sure-fire winner” (Derbyshire Times)

 

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