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  • Published: 13 December 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405917421
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $27.99

The Girl in the Photograph




A gripping story of love and betrayal, of conspiracies and secrets. The real ghosts are the ones that take up residence in your mind . . .


The past is set to repeat its sorrows . . .

When Alice Eveleigh arrives at Fiercombe Manor during the long, languid summer of 1933, she finds a house steeped in mystery and brimming with secrets. Sadness permeates its empty rooms and the isolated valley seems crowded with ghosts. None is more alluring than Elizabeth Stanton, whose only traces remain in a few tantalisingly blurred photographs. Why will no one speak of her? What happened a generation ago to make her vanish?

As the sun beats down relentlessly, Alice becomes ever more determined to unearth the truth about the girl in the photograph - and stop her own life from becoming an eerie echo of Elizabeth's . . .

  • Published: 13 December 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405917421
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Kate Riordan

Kate Riordan is a writer and journalist. She started out as an editorial assistant at the Guardian, followed by a stint as deputy editor for the lifestyle section of Time Out. She now works freelance and lives in the Cotswolds, where she is currently working on her next novel.

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Praise for The Girl in the Photograph

Well-executed and brooding, with a creepy atmosphere

Sunday Mirror

A sweeping saga of secrets and ghosts

Good Housekeeping

Full of slow-burning tension

Essentials

Rich and atmospheric

Rachel Hore

Beautifully written, with intrigue and mystery. I was itching for answers as the two narratives unfolded

Dinah Jefferies

Intelligent, poignant and highly recommended

Louise Candlish