The first time Annie Sweet sees 43 Stanley Road, the house is so perfect she almost feels as though it has chosen her. But with her husband seeming more distant, and her daughter wrapped up in her friends and new school, Annie is increasingly left alone to mull over the past.

She soon becomes consumed by the house and everyone who has lived there before her, especially a young music hall singer called Lily Painter, whose sparkling performances were the talk of London. As Annie delves further into the past she unravels the case of two notorious baby farmers, who cruelly preyed on vulnerable unmarried mothers. And until she solves the mystery at the heart of the scandal, the ghost of Lily Painter will never be able to rest.

Basing her story on true events, Caitlin Davies skilfully blends fact and fiction to bring to life part of our sinister past. Spanning an entire century, from the journals of an Edwardian police inspector to a doomed wartime love affair, The Ghost of Lily Painter is a gripping and poignant novel.

I'm taking this book, along with a few others, to the meet-up at Salcey Forest on Sunday 18th August. We meet in the café area around 12.30 and everyone's welcome :)

Not taken at the meet, so back with me pending re-release, possibly at the BC uncon at Leeds next month :0)

Not taken at the meet, so back with me pending re-release, possibly at the BC uncon at Leeds next month :0)

Taking along to the BookCrossing Unconvention at Leeds on 27th-29th September, and adding to the book buffet. Enjoy!

Leeds was my very first bookcrossing Unconvention. I absolutely loved it and can't wait for the next one. Everyone was so friendly, and wow were there lots of books. This is one I picked up from the book buffet. Thanks for sharing.

Snaffled before it even reached the book buffet table!

Left in the phone box library