Whistle and I’ll Come To You (1968)
On a winter holiday in Norfolk, a solitary, eccentric professor finds a whistle carved from bone in a graveyard. Back in his hotel room, gloating over his find, he raises the whistle to his lips, heedless of the terror it may summon…
The Treasure of Abbott Thomas (1974)
MR James’s supernatural detective tale follows a 19th-century historian who, along with his protégé, finds a clue to the whereabouts of hidden treasure in an old stained-glass window, only to find it protected by an ancient guardian.
The Signalman (1976)
A ghostly figure warns an isolated signalman to expect imminent danger. Its previous warnings pre-empted deaths on the line…