The year is 1852. When mill owner George Harper brings his radiant young bride Vanessa to the brooding town of Crowford, the locals whisper from the moment her boots touch the soil. Vanessa is different somehow – too pale, too quiet, too unsettling – and George’s calm assurances do little to still the rising tide of suspicion.

And then the darkness begins.

A strange blight creeps across the fields. Livestock dies without reason. Illness coils through Crowford like a living thing. As fear turns to fury, all eyes fix on the mysterious Mrs. Harper – the beautiful stranger who arrived just before the curse began.

George is desperate to protect his wife, but a secret he has long tried to bury claws its way to the surface – one that binds Vanessa to him in ways he has never dared speak aloud. With Crowford teetering on the edge of violence and something spectral tightening its grip, George must confront the truth about the woman he loves before the entire town is doomed to starve.

The Ghost of Crowford Mill is another stand-alone book in the long-running Ghosts of Crowford series, about a spooky English town where the ghosts outnumber the living and nothing is ever quite what it seems.

First published: November 2025
Genre: Ghost / Horror
Series or Standalone: Anthology Series