The Echo of Lost Stories

A BRAND NEW unmissable dual-timeline historical novel from bestselling author Victoria Scott. Perfect for readers of The Midnight Hour and The Lost Bookshop! 🌹Some stories wait centuries to be told...

‘Intriguing and haunting ... draws the reader in from the first pages.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rachel Burton, bestselling author of The Butterfly Garden

1842: London is preparing for Christmas, but Isabelle Burdett wants nothing to do with the world. Grieving her husband, she has withdrawn from work, family, and even her daughter. Yet as Christmas Eve draws to a close, an unexpected arrival at her door shatters her carefully built solitude – and brings a choice that could change everything.

Present day: Emily, a history lecturer still mourning her father, is called to a crumbling house in Cheapside, where developers have discovered a stack of old notebooks. They tell the story of three ghostly visitors on a Christmas Eve long ago. But who wrote them – and how could they have been written before Dickens’s famous tale?

As Emily searches for answers, the past and present collide, and long-hidden truths emerge that will haunt both women forever.

‘A compelling and brilliant twist of a much loved classic, this is a page-turner of a book!’ Clare Marchant

‘A gorgeous reimagining of Dickens, full of heart and skill’ Fiona Walker

'Engrossing, page-turning and utterly inspired… a book I wish I’d written!' Jenni Keer

Praise for Victoria Scott:

'It's a heartwarming hug of a book which packs a powerful emotional punch. Just the thing to curl up with on a cold winter's eve – or on a sun-lounger in a heatwave!' Andreina Cordani

'The twists and turns revealed kept me turning pages way longer than I was meant to stay awake. The way Meredith's mind gets confused as she learns more and more tugged at my heart, and reading Ellen's experiences with her beau and how his mental health was essentially compartmentalised in an era when there wasn't much knowledge was heartwrenching.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'Within the tale, there are elements of the gothic tradition, with old houses, fog, rising waters, stormy weather and more. The reader's pulse rate rises as we are committed to following the action. I thoroughly enjoyed The House In The Water. It consumed me from the start. It was the first book by Victoria Scott but I certainly...