Mrs P’s Book of Secrets
Lorna Gray
There are no white shrouded spectres here, no wailing ghouls. Just the echoes of those who have passed, whispering that history is set to repeat itself. The Cotswolds, Christmastime 1946: A young widow leaves behind the tragedy of her wartime life, and returns home to her ageing aunt and uncle. For Lucy – known as Mrs P – and the people who raised her, the books that line the walls of the family publishing business bring comfort and the promise of new beginnings. But the kind and reserved new editor at the Kershaw and Kathay Book Press is a former prisoner of war, and he has his own shadows to bear. And when the old secrets of a little girl’s abandonment are uncovered within the pages of Robert Underhills’s latest project, Lucy must work quickly if she is to understand the truth behind his frequent trips away. For a ghost dwells in the record of an orphan girl’s last days. And even as Lucy dares to risk her heart, the grief of her own past seems to be whispering a warning of fresh loss… Mrs P’s Book of Secrets will be published in the US as The Book Ghost.
Mrs P’s Book of Secrets
LORNA GRAY
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Table of Contents
Cover (#ud20aa40f-499b-5788-bab8-ef131c084ab4)
Title Page (#u60953f5c-d29c-5a0b-af08-957d1ec47e11)
Copyright (#u3cb95fb1-324d-545c-84a4-fab00fa6ee53)
Dedication (#u225f25c2-5969-5aa4-a446-f23887ccd9be)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
A note on the text
Author’s Note
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Publisher
For all the people who have contributed to the making of this book
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