Bibliograph

The empty frame, Ann Pilling

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Label

The empty frame, Ann Pilling

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The empty frame

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Ann Pilling

Summary

A chilling ghost story from award-winning novelist, Ann Pilling. Sam, Floss, and their foster brother, Magnus, spend their holidays with cousin M. at The Abbey. On their first night, Magnus hears a woman crying and when he goes to investigate he discovers that the sixteenth-century portrait of Lady Alice Neale, hung in the Great Hall, is now just an empty frame. Magnus shares his secret with the others and soon they are drawn into a web of family mystery and murder. Ann Pilling has written a mystery novel of subtle twist and movement; fascinating historical detail entwined with a familial story which will tug at the heart-strings

Target audience

juvenile

Classification