Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute

Book: Burial of Ghosts (July 2022)

By Ann Cleeves

July 26, 2022

Abandoned as a baby, twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew spent her childhood moving between foster homes and has had more than her fair share of troubles.  Now a holiday in Morocco seems to be the perfect escape.  Especially when she meets Philip, a fellow tourist.  After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England, only to find a solicitor’s letter waiting for her.

Philip Samson has died, and has left Lizzie a gift of $15,000 in his will.  But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life…