The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer (Ukrainian title: «Примара») by John Harwood tells of Viola Hatherley, who wrote ghost stories in the 1890s and whose work lay forgotten until her great-grandson, as a small boy in Mawson, Australia, learned to open a secret drawer in his mother's room. There he finds a manuscript, and from the moment his mother catches him, Gerard Freeman's life is changed for ever. What is the invisible, constant threat his mother is so obsessively trying to protect him from? And why do stories written a century ago become ever more tangled with his own life?

His search for the truth takes Gerard from Mawson to London, to a long-abandoned house where the horror of the ghost stories comes alive. A layered gothic mystery for readers of Victorian atmosphere. Part of the Mara series.

• Language: Ukrainian (translated edition)
• Series: Mara («Мара»)
• Format: hardcover
• Recommended age: 16+