Creepy. Loving. Gothic. Ghostly. Sapphic. Post WWII. Haunting. Obsession.

All can describe this atmospheric tale of love and haunting in 1950’s Netherlands.

Roos is haunted by a long-dead spirit she has named Ruth. She “works” for her Mama participating in scam seances. Mama is abusive and neglectful and just a horrible human being.

During one of these seances, a young widow named Agnes sees something in Roos that she recognizes in herself. A haunted woman.

Agnes bargains with Mama and takes Roos with her to her dead husband’s estate where her sister-in-law is a living haunted woman herself.

There’s mystery upon creepy mystery. This is such a great, chilling sort of story. Perfect for this time of year. I gobbled this up.

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