Winner of the Fidler First Novel Award, shortlisted for the Sheffield Children’s Book Prize

Staying with their father in a bizarre Gothic house in a sinister wood - land, Megan and her younger brother, Brand, are struggling to come to terms with their grief and guilt over their mother’s recent death. But the house harbours its own secrets, and soon Megan and Brand find themselves on a quest to find a priceless violin, and the truth about a young woman wrongly accused of witchcraft three centuries ago. Megan and Brand discover they can put right the mistakes of the past – but only if they choose to accept a dangerous bargain.

"a satisfying cake of a story with some rich ingredients."
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Gill Vickery lives in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. This is her début novel. She has worked as a teacher, an auxiliary nurse and a packer in a chocolate factory. She is currently working on a follow up novel to The Ivy Crown.