Bernard Hepton

In JB Priestley's classic thriller, a family dinner party is interrupted by the arrival of a police inspector. A young girl has died and there are questions to be answered.

When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.

Norah moves to a quiet village in England after a break-up. The locals are warm enough at first, but their sinister intentions are gradually revealed.