In 1915 a book was stolen, a crow appeared, and fate dealt its hand.Rose Carbonelli sees ghosts.She doesn't sleep.She watches every corner, studies every shadow, listens to the screams that no one else hears.Rose Carbonelli is terrified.Her father hasn't been heard from since he volunteered to go to war in 1915.The money ran out a year ago, her mother, Edith, is fading away.Rose needs a job to save them both, and an excuse to flee the ghosts of her home.When Rutherford House advertises for a lady's maid, Rose seizes the opportunity.A wage to save her mother, food to fill her belly, and an escape from the dead that occupy the shadows... It seems just so perfect.But is it the escape Rose has been dreaming of?Is there truth to the rumours about Rutherford House? What lurks within the bones of it? Why has the Lady Mary Rutherford not been seen in over a decade?Is this the perfect escape, or is it another nightmare Rose could never have imagined?
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