The Lost Ones: The most captivating and haunting ghost story and debut historical fiction novel of 2020

Reviews

Hayley Westwood

When an opportunity arises to visit her pregnant sister, Stella jumps at the chance, desperate to finally see kind, up-beat Madeleine and also to escape the watchful eyes of her mother. what was that noise?

Emma's Biblio Treasures

Mrs Henge, the housekeeper, is an ominous, foreboding character. But then the place starts to shift around her and events take a horrifying turn. I can’t recommend it highly enough and I look forward to seeing what the author writes next. Someone is trying to tell the inhabitants something it would seem, but none of the servants seem able to talk, nor do they want to.

Turner

When her brother-in-law Hector asks Stella if she’ll go and stay with her pregnant sister at his ancestral home, Greyswick, she jumps at the chance - it’s the perfect excuse to get away and to repay her sister for all she did for her after Gerald’s death. Arriving at the mansion, Stella finds her sister a shadow of her former self and vows to do whatever she can to help. -𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. As the strange occurrences increase Stella notices little things about Annie and begins to see her in a new light, realising she has a gift that could be the key to solving the mystery of Greyswick.

Orchard Book Club

-𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 . It’s all so visual and raw you are totally immersed in the house from the beginning. -I loved the feminist perspective portrayed by Stella.