The Turnkey of Highgate Cemetery

Written by Allison Rushby

A ghostly caretaker uncovers a wartime plot threatening both the living and the dead.

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256 pages

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In wartime London, young ghost Flossie Birdwhistle guards Highgate Cemetery's souls. Amidst nightly bombings, she discovers a German soldier's ghost with a mysterious object bridging life and death. As Flossie delves deeper, she unravels a plot that endangers her cemetery and country. Can she and her spectral allies thwart the sinister plan before it's too late? Dive into a world where history and the supernatural intertwine, and the stakes are as high for the dead as they are for the living.

From the publisher

Flossie Birdwhistle is the Turnkey at London’s Highgate Cemetery. As Turnkey, it’s Flossie’s job to ensure that all the souls buried in the cemetery stay at rest. Not an easy job for a young ghost, but a task made especially difficult by World War II: London is being attacked every night by enemy bombers, and even the dead are unsettled. When Flossie encounters the ghost of a German soldier carrying a mysterious object that seems to exist in both the living and spirit worlds, she becomes suspicious—what is the officer up to? Before long, Flossie uncovers a sinister plot that could destroy not only her cemetery, but also her beloved country. Can Flossie and her ghostly friends stop the soldier before it’s too late? History collides with the supernatural in this exciting, ethereal mystery from Allison Rushby.

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