The Ghostlights

Can anyone really choose to be forgotten?

An elderly gentleman checks into a B&B in a small village in rural Ireland where he knows nobody. Four days later, his body is found in the lake.

The identity of their unknown guest raises questions for one family in particular, twin sisters Liv and Marianne, and their mother, Ethel, each of whom is searching for her own place in the world.

The Ghostlights brilliantly evokes the lives of the people in the town and explores the aftershocks of a stranger’s tragedy. What is identity? And strangerhood? What is the meaning of home, and what power do we have over whether or not we are remembered?

Praise for the author: 'A truly brilliant debut’ EMILY MAZZARA, Books Ireland

‘With sentences that you will want to cut out and keep, this is an intelligent, exquisitely crafted debut’ FIONA MITCHELL

‘Original and shattering’ MARIANNE LEE

© 2021 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781004051915

Release date

Audiobook: September 2, 2021