Since she was twelve, Meriel Garland has lived with her grandfather in London, exiled from her beloved India following the death of her mother. Now sixteen, Meriel chafes against the strict regime of tests and study that her grandfather imposes on her. Escaping, she discovers a world outside her narrow existence - one that promises admiration for her acting skills, social success and the dark mysteries of seances. Disbelieving at first, she is drawn in when the young medium Sophie Casson passes on a message apparently from beyond the grave - and Meriel begins to suspect she might not be alone in the world after all. In searching for the truth about her past, Meriel uncovers a sinister scheme - and soon it's hard to know who she can really trust . . .

 

There are 416 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Pan Macmillan .

Jane Eagland was born in Essex and taught high school English for many years. She now divides her time between writing and tutoring. Her first novel, Wildthorn, received the Lambda Literary Award. Jane lives in Lancashire, only about one hundred miles from where the Brontes grew up.