Daphne's Ghost

In a house in Cornwall, the ghost of author Daphne du Maurier returns, ready to reveal a secret.

It’s thirty years since the ghost of author Daphne du Maurier returned to a house in Cornwall with a secret she’s now ready to reveal, but she will need help from the living.

For travel writer Simon, there are worse things than sharing his house with a ghost, especially one as entertaining as Daphne, but as Cornwall’s most eligible bachelor, he needs privacy. When she interferes with his book-in-progress, he kicks her out.

In a nearby cottage, Daphne introduces herself to Selby, a woman who has just fled London after a broken love affair. Relishing the tranquil atmosphere of her new home, Selby indulges her two passions in life – writing and cooking gourmet recipes – and she definitely doesn’t believe in ghosts.

In order to ensnare both Simon and Selby as co-conspirators in her mission, Daphne makes a plan which forces them together. Things progress splendidly until a woman from Simons’s past appears, causing chaos. Love, mystery and suspense follow when Daphne’s conspiracy backfires in an attempt to banish the intruder.

DL Baylis is a former journalist who lives in Cornwall.