The Small Hand: A Ghost Story is a novel by English author Susan Hill, first published in 2010 by Profile Books.

A television film adaptation, Susan Hill's Ghost Story, was broadcast by Channel 5 in December 2019.

[1] On returning from a visit to a client, antiquarian book dealer Adam Snow takes a wrong turn and comes across a derelict Edwardian House.

Overcome by curiosity he approaches the entrance and feels a small cold hand creeping into his own 'as if a child had taken hold of it'.

Over the coming weeks he becomes subject to nightmares and panic attacks and further visits from the small hand.