Selina Walker, Publisher of Century and Arrow, has commissioned crime-writer Martyn Waites to write a new Woman in Black novel for Hammer Books. Based on an original idea by Susan Hill and a story by Jon Croker, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death is set during the Blitz when a group of schoolchildren and their young teacher are evacuated from London to Eel Marsh House – where of course the Woman in Black is waiting for them. “As a publisher this is, of course, hugely exciting for me and for Hammer Books. Susan and Jon have come up with a wonderful way of updating the story and moving it on, and Martyn Waites is perfectly placed to do it justice”, says Walker. Martyn Waites says, “I’ve had a lifelong love affair with Hammer films and it’s still ongoing. That they are scaring audiences once again is exciting enough as a fan of British horror, but to ask me to be involved in the next Woman in Black novel is a dream come true. You thought the first one was scary? Just you wait . . .” Hammer have acquired world rights to the novel from Jane Gregory, and will publish the first edition in hardcover in November.