Through the award-winning writer of In the Shadow of Blackbirds comes a sensational new novel-a masterfully crafted story of love, loss, and second chances. Established during the dread and anxiety of the fantastic Influenza of 1918, The Uninvited can be component gothic ghost-story, part psychological thriller, ideal for those who cherished The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield or The Vanishing by Wendy Webb.

Twenty-five year outdated Ivy Rowan rises from her bed after being struck by the flu, only to uncover the world about The Uninvited has been torn apart in just a few short days.

But Ivy’s life-long gift-or curse-remains. For she views the uninvited ones-ghosts of loved ones who may actually her, unasked, unwelcomed, for they constantly herald impending loss of life. On that Oct night time in 1918 she views the soul of her grandmother, rocking in her mother’s seat. An hour afterwards, she learns her more youthful brother and dad have killed a German out of retaliation for the loss of life of Ivy’s older brother Billy in the fantastic War.

Horrified, she leaves residential, to discover the flu offers caused utter stress and the rules governing society have got broken down. Ivy is drawn into this ” new world ” of jazz, enthusiasm, and independence, where people live for your day, because they may be stricken by nightfall. But as her ‘uninvited guests’ start to appear to her more regularly, she understands her lifestyle will become torn apart once more, but Ivy does not have any inkling from the other-worldly revelations about to unfold.

The Uninvited can be an atmospheric, haunting, and absolutely compelling novel.