The Haunting of Olive Atkins

Mercy Willow has always believed she was the first. The first in Candleward to see the dead. The first to be haunted by something she can't fully understand. But now, she's learning she might just be following in someone else's footsteps – and the path leads straight into a nightmare. Decades ago, Olive Atkins lived and died in this quiet Cornish town under circumstances steeped in mystery. Like Mercy, she saw ghosts. Like Mercy, she tried to help them. And like Mercy, she wasn't entirely alone in her own mind. As Mercy unravels Olive's story, long-buried secrets rise to the surface. What really happened to Olive all those years ago. And is her tragic fate a warning… or a mirror? With her own past slipping back into focus and time running out, Mercy must confront the chilling truth that she may not be the first – and she may not be the last. The Haunting of Olive Atkins is the twelfth and penultimate book in the Mercy Willow series – a supernatural saga of ghosts, fractured identity, and the relentless grip of a haunted town. Readers are strongly encouraged to begin the series from the start. This instalment ends on a cliffhanger.