The Haunting of Avis Lovelock

MK Hardy author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rebellion Publishing Ltd.

Publishing:27th Aug '26

£11.99

This title is due to be published on 27th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Haunting of Avis Lovelock cover

A professional sceptic must join forces with the professional spiritualist who has a knack for getting under her skin in this supernatural Victorian mystery for fans of Voyage of the Damned and The London Seance Society

Avis Lovelock is a professional sceptic hired to prove that the ocean liner Excambion is not haunted. But the deeper she looks, the more she has visions of drowned bodies on decks and flickering lights on the sea. Then someone is found dead. To discover the truth, Avis must confront some haunting secrets of her own.Avis Lovelock is a professional sceptic. Using her sharp insights and powers of observation, she sets out to debunk every nefarious spirit medium and psychic she can find. When American businessman Carlton Brooksbank invites her aboard the ocean liner Excambion to take her skills to America, Avis discovers she has been hired to prove to potential buyers that the vessel is not haunted.

As she begins her investigations, she runs afoul of the famous twin spiritualists onboard, Gideon and Rachel Duquesne. They are her polar opposites, and Rachel especially has a knack for getting under her skin. The more Avis works to discredit her adversaries and absolve the ship of its haunted reputation, the more she starts to have visions of water filling her cabin, drowned bodies on decks, and flickering lights on the sea. Then someone is found dead.

To discover the truth, Avis must join forces with her opponents, and confront some haunting secrets of her own.

“A compelling, spooky slow-burn delight: I thoroughly enjoyed this!” —KJ Charles, author of How to Fake It in Society
“Unique and compelling - MK Hardy's indomitably funny protagonist brings us on a journey of ghosts, rationalism, ocean mysteries and the pleasures of scandalising high society” — Everina Maxwell, Sunday Times bestselling author of Call me Traitor
“Avis Lovelock might just be the messed-up female Sherlock we've all been waiting for! This enthralling and eerie occult mystery is exquisitely steeped in the threat of the sea and the cruelties of grief. The Haunting of Avis Lovelock gives us an uncanny tale and a damaged genius character, to delight in.” — Lorraine Wilson, BSFA Shortlisted author of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest and The Salt Oracle
“The maritime gothic you didn't know you needed. The Haunting of Avis Lovelock is an evocative, delicious slice of the historical, brimming with wit and mystery and vividly drawn characters you cannot help but fall for.” —Benedict Anning, author of Atomic Coffin

ISBN: 9781837866960

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

350 pages