The Anatomy of Ghosts

“It had been a matter of shadows and nuances, of things half seen, half heard and half understood.”

The year is 1786, and at Jerusalem college Cambridge, the ghost of murdered Syliva Whichcote has been sighted prowling the grounds by student Frank Oldershaw. When his anxious mother employs John Holdsworth, author of “The Anatomy of Ghosts”, a stinging account of why ghosts are a mere delusion, to investigate the sighting, the uneasy status quo at Jerusalem college is rapidly torn apart.

I did enjoy this. It's not really a ghost story, more of a mystery, a story of secret societies, grief, privilege, powdered faces, wigs and pies. I won't lie, I struggled with the start of the book, it really does take a while to get going but once it does, it's very satisfying with some truly despicable characters.

Definitely worth your time if you like historical mysteries.