Publisher's Synopsis
A light hearted cozy style suspense/ghost story, set in Dorset on the English south coast during the summer of 2012.
Carrie discovers internet shopping, and soon develops an addiction for vintage clothes. Her interest is piqued by a Victorian mourning cloak and deciding to delve into the background of its former owner, she adds a wedding dress to her collection. After discovering the promised photograph of the original bride is missing from the parcel she feels cheated and sets out to track down what she sees as her property.
Meanwhile she is also agonizing over her one-sided relationship with Keith, a man with a young nephew, whom she met on the bus.
But is Colin really Keith's nephew? And have her actions put him in danger?
Who broke into her garage and why?
Why, at odd moments, can she smell lavender?
It seems that one of Carrie's purchases has brought with it a little unforeseen something extra that sends her off onto a new obsessive tangent, and a journey into the past, as she determines to uncover the truth.
The first in a series that can also be read as a standalone novel.
