A Haunting at Holkham av Anne Glenconner

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<p><b>The thrilling new novel from the acclaimed author of<i> Murder on Mustique, </i>based on the childhood described in her international bestseller<i> Lady in Waiting.</i></b><br><br><b>January 1950</b>. Lady Anne Coke, daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester, is in Scunthorpe on a business trip when she is called home after a sudden death in the family. She returns to Holkham Hall to discover a mystery: her beloved grandfather has been found dead at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a valuable piece of jewellery in his pocket. No one can find a cause of death, and some even suspect foul play from the ghost who supposedly haunts the house. But Anne''s suspicions are aroused; she grew close to her grandfather when they lived together during the war and she is determined to discover the truth.<br><br><br><b>During World War II</b>, Holkham Hall was an army base with large sections out of bounds, and 11-year-old Anne was in the care of a new governess, whom she hated and believed to