1835, Abbeywood Hall, Lancashire

Clara Hartley has been used to a life of privilege, growing up on her family estate in Lancashire, she has been protected from responsibility and hardship.

But gilded cages are cages nonetheless and when Clara falls in love with the wrong man, her fate is sealed. From her new viewpoint, distanced from her family, Clara begins to understand the poison she has been nurtured in. Abbeywood Hall has a malevolent heart and nothing is as she believed.

As ghoulish secrets are slowly revealed, terrible crimes are uncovered and an unspeakable tragedy is exposed, Clara must unpick her fate or be trapped in the darkness forever.

You’ll need to keep the lights on to read bestseller Heather Atkinson’s spooky new page-turner. Perfect for fans of Irina Shapiro and Rebecca Netley.

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