This story for me of Jess a teacher who is attacked by someone she has known and trusted for along time was a scary beginning, then the ghosts take over and she finds herself in Rome seeking Eigon a girl from the past who also has been attacked, the description of Rome, you actually feel as if you are there with them, this for me was on par with lady of the hay, i read it in a week i ate, slept and dreamt about it, fans of Barbara Erskine will not be dissapointed. I wait in awe for her next one.