Two women. Two love stories. A past that refuses to stay buried.

A haunting historical mystery about grief, love and the secrets hidden in an old diary.

England, 1923. A house full of memories she was never part of.

After losing her husband in the Great War, Helen Morrow moves with her young daughter to the family estate where he grew up. The house is filled with memories she was never part of and people she barely knows.

There she meets the mother-in-law she has never met and her husband’s reclusive cousin Paul, a man still living in the shadow of the war.

Searching for answers about the man she loved, Helen discovers an old diary belonging to a woman who once lived in the house – a woman whose scandal rocked the family before she disappeared without a trace.

As Helen and Paul begin to uncover the truth behind the diary, long-buried secrets start to surface. In the quiet corridors of the old house, Helen cannot shake the feeling that the past is closer than it should be.

But until the mystery of the vanished woman is finally solved, Helen may never discover the truth about her husband – or find peace in the place he once called home.

This work was previously published as Gather the Bones by Alison Stuart.

A sweeping historical fiction saga of hidden truths, slow-burn romance and the ghosts that refuse to let the living go. Perfect for readers of Suzy Henderson.