12/10/2026
Must Read Monday - Broken Ghost.
Broken Ghost is a haunting, beautifully written departure from J.D. Oswald, better known as James Oswald, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inspector McLean crime series, and proof that he can do something entirely different with equal mastery.
Spring, 1985: twelve-year-old Phoebe MacDonald has just lost both parents in a house fire and must leave her beloved Scotland to live with her eccentric uncle and aunt deep in the Welsh woodland.
She is lonely, grieving, and adrift, until she meets Gwyneth, a barefoot girl who wanders the forest alone and seems to exist only within its trees.
Nobody else believes Gwyneth is real. Phoebe knows otherwise. And with Gwyneth’s guidance, she begins to understand that the woods are a place where the line between the living and the dead grows very thin indeed.
Told across two timelines, 1985 and 2023, when an adult Phoebe returns to Wales to bury her aunt, this is a novel about grief, friendship, the magic that sustains us in childhood, and the secrets that outlast us.
Described by the Scottish Daily Mail as “beautifully written, imbued with empathy, spirits and magic” and by Meg Clothier as “mesmerising.” The perfect read for the darker evenings drawing in.
Perfect for fans of: Laura Purcell, The Ghosts of Merry Hall, Susanna Clarke, coming-of-age fiction, folklore and forest magic.
đź“– In stock in our fiction section, a quiet, absorbing gem.
💬 Do you have a special place from childhood that felt magical? Tell us in the comments 👇
