The Wayward Girls

Amanda Mason, Zaffre, R290

Mason’s ghost story burrows into the subconscious. Set in the eerie Yorkshire moors in the late 1970s, it is a hauntedhouse tale of a broken-down farm where a family is taunted by a ghost, who has focused its energy on the two sisters, Loo and Bee. They are being studied by paranormal professor Michael Warren and his student Simon. Fast-forward to now, when Loo (Lucy) is coerced to go back to the farm to help new students complete Warren’s work. Mason expertly writes jump scares alongside a beautiful story about sisterhood. Perfect for a cosy Halloween read.