Beyond the village of Raven’s Edge stands the Gateway to the Dead – a crumbling stone arch marking the site where a long-ago battle raged and the dead were buried where they fell. But it’s the forgotten mansion hidden in the trees behind it that holds the real mystery…

Lady Peony has lived at Blackheath Hall for decades, invisible to the world – until a ghostly soldier begins knocking at her door. But Lady Peony is no fool. In her experience, where there are spirits, there are schemers. And someone wants her out of that house.

As DI Ben Taylor and DS Harriet March begin their investigation, bitter winds howl through Raven’s Edge and strange mists curl around the battle site. Harriet must untangle what’s real from what’s imagined. Is there truly a ghost haunting the old house, or is someone very much alive using supernatural tales as cover for their own deadly agenda?

Atmospheric, chilling and deliciously gothic, this cosy mystery wraps ancient legends and murder into one unputdownable story. Perfect for fans of Fiona Leitch, Agatha Christie and readers who like their crime with a shiver down the spine!

A ghost tour to a historic battlefield finds a dead body, a real one; obviously a victim of murder. At nearby Blackheath Hall, PI Keiran Drake is setting up surveillance equipment to catch whomever is trying to scare Lady Peony and her sister out of their ancestral home, though Drake may have plans of his own. When the ghost makes his nightly appearance pounding on the door a shot rings out.  As DI Ben Taylor and DS Harriet March investigate the questions become - are the cases related and is Blackheath Hall really haunted?

 This is an interesting series. Our main characters are DI Ben Taylor and DS Harriet March but we also have a slew of auxiliary characters who are just as interesting and are well-fleshed out. PI Kieran Drake is prominent in this entry and we learn a lot more about his past and why he left the police force to become a PI. The murderer was not who I expected and there is a great plot twist concerning the ghost activity at Blackheath Hall. Recommended. ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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