Playing the Ghost

So, there's been talk of the Green Lady. I've rattled the place, just as I hoped. Meek, invisible Lucy has made people talk. At least, the woman I pretended to be has... "e;This honest and captivating novel is highly recommended"e; - Historical Novel Society Australia, 1857. Life is brutal on the goldfields of Castlemaine. With death around every corner, people are all too willing to believe in ghosts, and embrace the spiritualism movement finding its way across the seas.For Lucy Earnshaw and her husband Tom, their arrival in Australia is marred by unimaginable grief. In the wake of her loss, and a failing marriage, Lucy is drawn into a world of spiritualism and theatre – and into the path of dashing young playwright, Will Browning.Lucy's new obsession leads her into the dark underbelly of the goldfields, a place where murder and thieving is rife, and no one can be trusted. And as she seeks happiness on the fringe of society, she finds herself entangled in a web of lies and corruption – one she may never escape from.A historical novel of love, loss and deception from the author of One of Us Buried and Forgotten Places.