THE SILENCE

Third in a series of books with a ghost-theme, featuring the antique dealer, Nell West, and the Oxford don, Michael Flint

Nell West, an antiques dealer in Oxford, England, learns that one of her deceased husband's relatives, Charlotte West, has died. Charlotte's home contains many antiques and Nell has been asked to appraise their worth. Unfortunately, Stilter House is haunted by the ghosts of two evil women and a young boy, Esmond, who is the same age as Nell's eight-year-old daughter, Beth. With the aid of her boyfriend, literature professor Dr. Michael Flint, Nell begins researching the tragic history of Stilter House and learns that the ghosts are all victims of an insane murderer. Now she must race against time to prevent Beth from experiencing the same ghastly fate as Esmond...