A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel.
1920s England. Sarah Piperâs lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. Alistair Gellisârich, handsome, and scarred by World War Iâhas been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide.
Maddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. But Sarah is unprepared to confront an angry ghostâreal or imaginedâon her own. Sheâs even less prepared for the arrival of Alistairâs associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach.
Soon, Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle. For Maddyâs ghost is no hoaxâsheâs real, sheâs angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Now, Sarah and Matthew must discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeanceâbefore she destroys them all....