Death has come twice to Ravenbank, a remote community in England’s Lake District. On Halloween in 1914, a young woman’s body was discovered — her battered face covered by a makeshift shroud of ice. Her ghost, the “Faceless Woman,” is said to haunt Ravenbank every All Hallows’ Eve.
Five years ago, another woman was murdered — and once more, her face was hidden from view. These chilling cases captivate Daniel Kind, historian and expert in murder, who begins to question whether the obvious suspects were truly guilty.
When Daniel attends a Halloween party in Ravenbank Hall, death returns — yet again. A third woman is found, her face shrouded in the same horrifying manner. Tasked with reopening the past, DCI Hannah Scarlett leads the investigation. As she and Daniel dig deeper, they uncover ghosts from old crimes, and confront the darkest secrets of Ravenbank — and of themselves.
