The Shining by Stephen King (hardback, paperback, kindle edition, audiobook)

The original Stephen King book which formed the basis of Kubrick’s The Shining film.

Welcome to the Overlook Hotel. You’ll never want to leave…
Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a ‘shiner’, aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny’s visions grow out of control.

As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217 (yes it’s 217 in the book not 237 as in the film) and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive?

Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel – and that, too, is beginning to shine . . .