The French Woman's Ghost

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Edmund Symme a stuffy London barrister finds himself increasingly fed up with his every-day cares and decides to get away to his country estate in Yorkshire. There he is confronted with visions of a beautiful woman who addresses him by name. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When she appears in his library he's sure he's going mad. Worse he finds himself enjoying the ethereal presence. She's French she knows wine she smells of gardenia she's jealous and she wants him to avenge her murder. She seems to know more than he does about his own family.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To complicate matters Remy the estate's housekeeper (whom Edmund dismisses as just a servant) also sees visions of the ghostly woman. Employer and employee are therefore thrown together in uncharted territory.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Is this ghost more than a figment of their imaginations? Can they believe her story of murder? How do their long-ago ancestors fit into her tale? Can Edmund shake himself out of his traditional male attitude to recognize his housekeeper as a vibrant intelligent woman?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And what about the ominous </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>poignard en pierre</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-the dagger in stone?</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An enjoyable tale for romance history and mystery aficionados.</strong></p><p></p>