The year is 2025. When four friends arrive in the abandoned town of Crowford, they have no idea that their ghost-hunt is about to take a horrific turn. They think they're just going to explore a crumbling old psychiatric hospital, but something is lurking in the shadows.

And waiting.

For Maria, this is a chance to get closer to the guy she has a crush on. She soon discovers, however, that Jonah has ideas of his own. This isn't his first visit to Crowford Asylum, and he thinks he can make a deal with the ghostly woman who haunts the corridors. Nurse Christine Masters has been patiently lurking in the hospital since her death, but now her patience is running out.

Can Maria discover the truth about Christine's death? What dark secret is waiting to be uncovered in the town itself? And how does a decades-old tragedy explain terrifying stories about an evil entity lurking at the heart of the old hospital's operating theater?

The Beast of Crowford Asylum is another stand-alone book in the long-running Ghosts of Crowford series, about a spooky English town where the ghosts outnumber the living and nothing is ever quite what it seems.

First published: July 2025
Genre: Ghost / Horror
Series or Standalone: Anthology Series