Christophe burned through his life and his parents’ money until the grim prospect of ending up with nothing on the horizon. But the charming rake got unexpectedly lucky: his distant relative is dying, reportedly a woman with untold riches, and she leaves everything to the young man. Christophe is already about to pop open the champagne—when it turns out that getting the inheritance isn’t so simple, because the late lady was quite a mastermind.
What awaits the reader in this most banal of all banal stories? An old house, evil ghosts, neutral ghosts, friendly ghosts. Squeaky floorboards, spiders in the corners, charming Frenchmen and Frenchwomen, an extraordinary cat, girls, an innkeeper with his wife, sun and rain… And also strong feelings that change destinies and give birth to new adventures.