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Hobbe’s Folly

Adam Macqueen

Written in the grand tradition of the English ghost story, Hobbe’s Folly follows two surprisingly similar men separated by two centuries: Ben, a conservationist working for a local seaside council, and Henry, a 19th-century bookseller.

When their lives become differently entangled with the strange history of a grand old estate known as Hareswood Lodge, they are left with the same question: who, or what, still lurks there?

Hardback

ISBN: 9781800756922

Published: October 8, 2026

Ebook

ISBN: 9781800756939

Published: October 8, 2026

Category:
Fiction

Reviews for Hobbe’s Folly

Praise for Haunted Tales:

‘A cracking little book’ – The Spectator

‘An atmospheric collection of spooky stories’ – Observer

‘Guaranteed to give you goosebumps’ – Best Magazine

Author

Adam Macqueen

Adam Macqueen is the author of books including The Prime Minister’s Ironing Board and The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit. The King of Sunlight, his biography of the soap manufacturer William Hesketh Lever, was named by The Economist as one of its books of the year. He has contributed to Private Eye since 1997, and wrote the bestselling history of the magazine which was published for its 50th anniversary in 2011. He has written two Tommy Wildeblood crime novels, published in 2020 and 2022.