'Storytelling at its very best' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of THE GIRL OF INK & STARS
'Family secrets, a ghost girl and a forbidding manor house that goes up in smoke ... You can't help rooting for Agatha in this spooky, addictive tale' THE TIMES
'Eerie, shimmering, unputdownable' HILARY MCKAY, winner of the Costa Book Award
The Lake District, 1899
The Earl is dead and cruel Cousin Clarence has inherited everything.
Twelve-year-old Lady Agatha Asquith is cast out of Gosswater Hall to live in a tiny, tumbledown cottage with a stranger who claims to be her father.
Aggie is determined to discover her real identity, but she is not alone on her quest for the truth.
On the last day of the year, when the clock strikes midnight, a mysterious girl of light creeps through the crack in time; she will not rest until the dark, terrible secrets of the past have been revealed ...
Goodreads Reader Reviews:
5 STARS 'The *perfect* winter read'
5 STARS 'Ever get so wrapped up in a story that you forget that you are reading? That's what The Ghost of Gosswater will do'
5 STARS 'Playfully uses all of the brilliant devices found in gothic literature to tell a new unique story that feels oh so familiar'
5 STARS 'Great for readers who like a chilling tale of revenge from beyond the grave'
5 STARS 'A perfect gothic novel for children aged 9-12'