![]() Aveline discovers it belonged to a girl called Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, some 30 years ago and has never been seen since. As she browses the shelves, a book of local folklore book catches her eye. Here she meets the shop’s eccentric owner, Ernst Lieberman and his nephew Harold. The town has unnerving Halloween tradition and creepy scarecrow dummies begin appearing outside the cottages.Īveline loves reading ghost stories and she pays a visit to the town’s quirky second hand bookshop. Whilst her mother looks after Granny who is ill in hospital, Aveline Jones has to go and spend half term with her Aunt Lilian in Malmouth on the Cornish coast. As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, this book is best enjoyed cuddled up in front of the fire as it begins to get dark. The September publication date is timed impeccably to ensure that the atmosphere will mirror the dark, blustery autumn afternoons described in the book and the approach of All Hallows Eve. It’s thrilling, mysterious and spooky and I literally could not put it down! A real page-turner!Ī ghost story, an unsolved mystery coupled with an eerie seaside setting in the run up to Halloween make this the perfect Autumn read. I devoured The Haunting of Aveline Jones in a matter of hours. ![]() But, most of all, that uncanny emptiness that ghosts like best.” ![]() “Malmouth appeared to have all the right ingredients for a Haunting. ![]()
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