The Anatomy of Ghosts

The Anatomy of Ghosts is a gripping historical mystery from the bestselling author of The Ashes of Londonbr>br>1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge.br>br>The ghost of murdered Sylvia Whichcote is sighted prowling the grounds by commoner Frank Oldershaw. Worried her son is descending into madness, Frank''s anxious mother employs rationalist John Holdsworth to investigate the sighting, throwing the uneasy status quo at the college into chaos.br>br>For the sinister Holy Ghost Club governs the privileged life at Jerusalem. Pursued by the ghost of his dead wife, Maria, and Elinor, the very-much-alive Master''s wife, Holdsworth must unravel the circumstances surrounding Sylvia''s death or succumb to the hauntings himself . . .>

About the author

Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of crime novels, including the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and the historical crime novels The Ashes of London, The Silent Boy, and The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club Choice.
He has won many awards, including the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it three times) and the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Taylor
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781405936125
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-3612-5
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical fiction, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Ghost, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, FICTION / Gothic, Ghosts and poltergeists, Classic crime and mystery fiction