A dark, mysterious, beautiful story of horror and sorrow. A gothic house with ghosts and an astonishing garden full of flowers; a family cemetery and a derelict psychiatric sanatorium; a tragic family secret; bonds of sisterly love capable of surpassing life and death. The novel strongly resembles the book and film «Lovely Bones» in many ways. It will scare you and make your heart ache—yet in the end, it will give you hope.
The moonflower will glow, and in horror you’ll see your own death…
In Hawxhead, the jewel of England’s Lake District, Francine Tweiit is considered a witch. Like her late mother, she knows the art of herbcraft and the Language of Flowers. Francine lives in an old estate that has belonged to her family for 500 years. The huge, eerie house is surrounded by a beautiful garden. And though there isn’t a single living soul nearby, the woman is not alone: she has her flowers… And the ghosts too—they’re always somewhere nearby, so close and seemingly harmless. Francine even has one of them as a friend—an adopted girl named Brie. But evil spirits have no place here—miraculous herbs and the florist’s blooms keep every misfortune away. Yet one day, evil does cross the threshold of her secluded home…