Mrs P’s Book of Secrets

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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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Source ISBN: 9780008368258

Ebook Edition © December 2019 ISBN: 9780008368241

Version: 2019-10-10

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