# The Shadowing

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- Book: [The Shadowing](https://www.bookquiver.com/lalla-ward/the-shadowing) ([The Shadowing.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lalla-ward/the-shadowing.md))
- Authors: [Lalla Ward](https://www.bookquiver.com/lalla-ward)
- Publisher: trapeze
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-0919-224-4
- Published: 2021-09-16
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

When well-to-do Hester learns of her sister Mercy's death at a Nottinghamshire workhouse, she travels to Southwell to find out how her sister ended up at such a place. Haunted by her sister's ghost, Hester sets out to uncover the truth, when the official story reported by the workhouse master proves to be untrue. Mercy was pregnant - both her and the baby are said to be dead of cholera, but the workhouse hasn't had an outbreak for years. Hester discovers a strange trend in the workhouse of children going missing. One woman tells her about the Pale Lady, a ghostly figure that steals babies in the night. Is this lady a myth or is something more sinister afoot at the Southwell poorhouse? As Hester investigates, she uncovers a conspiracy, one that someone is determined to keep a secret, no matter the cost... ********** 'A creepy, evocative mystery' Heat 'An historical novel dripping with menace' Shari Lapena 'If you like gothic mystery, buckle up! This atmospheric read has it all' Woman magazine