Page-turning ghostly thriller set in Victorian London From the talented and effortlessly adaptable author behind the Spartan Warrior series and numerous books in the 1.5 million copy selling Beast Quest series Michael Ford weaves a mystery worthy of Wilkie Collins, with enough chills to rival The Woman in Black and a deadly secret at its core

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Michael Ford read English and Classics at Oxford University. He worked in children's non-fiction publishing for several years before becoming an editor of adult fiction in west London.