Jamie Costello: The Mystery of Hinxford Court, Gebunden

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Summer 2025.

Amy and her mother, Claire, arrive in the village of Hinxford Magna, where Claire's family lived happily until her sister vanished without trace.

The family cottage is now Claire and Amy's only chance for a new start. But the tranquil village sits in the shadow of Hinxford Court, a manor house whose history is steeped in tragedy. And when Amy sees a young man through a window there, he seems to vanish without trace . . . almost like a ghost.

Summer 1985.

18-year-old Louise is working at the local pub when a young man passes her a note: he is being held captive and needs her help. He claims to be Jack Greenwood, one of a group of evacuee children who tragically died in a fire up at Hinxford farm - in 1943. If Louise helps him, she could uncover what really happened that night.

As the past seems about to catch up with the present, Amy knows she is close to uncovering the secrets of Hinxford Court once and for all - but what will that mean for her future?