Cassandra Ayers embarks on a case of grave desecration at Highgate Cemetery allegedly haunted by a terrifying ghost; however, the most mysterious and frightening case she is challenged to solve lies in her own past and is related to her mother's death. Maybe now, after Cassandra sees her mother’s ghostly hand in her photo, she will be able to find the answers. The Highgate Ghost is a dark and brooding read, the first in a series of tales for lovers of Gothic mystery, Penny Dreadful, Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe's stories.

Includes serial stories, poems, hymns, short biographical and instructional essays and biblical commentaries.

This gorgeous, festive collection features five Christmas stories by the marvellous Charles Dickens. Dickens’ Christmas books perfectly capture the spirit of Victorian Christmas and will transport you back into a warming world of festive cheer. His stories inspired many much-loved Christmas traditions, including various seasonal foods and drinks, family gatherings, dancing, and more. The five books featured in this wonderful volume are: - A Christmas Carol - The Chimes - The Cricket on the Hearth - The Battle of Life - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

"Marley was dead, to begin with." Why does the most beloved of Christmas books open with a death? What has death to do with Christmas and New Years, and with Dickens's Christmas books and stories over his entire life? Robert L. Patten weaves together Dickens's life, career, writings, journalism, travel, theatrical presentations, and religious convictions to offer a richly designed and entertaining narrative, fulsomely illustrated, of the manifold ways Dickensfigures the spirit and traditions of the winter holidays in Victorian England.