In the Company of Ghosts
A retired Cold War spy locked in a psychiatric institution — the only person who can solve an impossible murder.
Good to know: In the Company of Ghosts is the opening novella — in effect the first third of the full-length novel Secrets of the Moon. It was first released separately as a taster. For the complete story in one volume, read Secrets of the Moon.
About this book
The opening novella of the Agatha Witchley story — and the quickest (and cheapest) way to meet her. In effect the first third of the full novel Secrets of the Moon, first released on its own as a taster.
Agatha Witchley is sixty-something, a former Cold War spy, and confined to a high-security psychiatric wing because she insists on holding conversations with the ghosts of the famous dead. When a reclusive cryptography billionaire is found dead in a locked office, the British government decides it doesn't need a doctor — it needs a specialist.
This is where the case begins. In the Company of Ghosts covers the opening movement of the larger story: the recruitment, the impossible death, and Agatha's first steps into a conspiracy with very long roots.
A short doorway into the Agatha Witchley books, written to be read in a sitting. If it hooks you, the complete story continues straight on in the full novel.
- you want a quick, low-cost taste before committing to a novel;
- you like a detective unlike any other;
- you enjoy spy-craft with a darkly comic, supernatural edge.