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An intelligent and satisfying "old fashioned" (i.e. no gore or unpleasant images presented) ghost story, with a plucky heroine, unconventional hero(oes), and no trick ending. Nicely set in England soon after W.W.I when many people were haunted by that as well. [My favorite ghost story is "The Uninvited" by Dorothy Macardle and while this book won't knock that one off the top of my list, it is up there in the top ten (joining "The Haunting of Hill House," "The Elementals," "Hell House" and others. Only a slight quibble: the actresses the author mentions were probably not well known to ordinary English citizens at the time the story takes place. One had not made any movies outside her native Sweden until 2 or 3 years later and the other had only made a few shorts, been an extra and had fifth or sixth billed roles in undistinguished Hollywood productions. All this is easy to determine with the Internet.)]