The Ghost Wife is a 99-word, contemporary, domestic thriller with gothic elements, romance, and suspense.
When Lyra Leyton receives a lucrative employment offer as a home tutor and live-in nanny to 10-year-old Carla, at Rosewood Hall, a country house in Yorkshire, she can’t believe her luck.
Carla is a keen pupil and life at the secluded residence is idyllic at first, until disturbing noises in the attic, cryptic messages from Carla’s deceased mother, and a visit from an investigator searching for a missing girl, haunt Lyra’s sleepless nights.
A panic-stricken Lyra, hands in her notice, but Carla’s widowed father, Marcus Kent, persuades her that local gossip and creaking noises in the ancient mansion are the cause of her unrest.
Lyra agrees to stay, but could she lose more than her mind by remaining at Rosewood Hall?
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