Clare Mountjoy must leave the mill-house when her grandmother dies. But, given work as a governess, she moves into Abinger Hall - home of the new Squire, Howard Tregarth, who has inherited his uncle's estate in the West Country. When she occupies the reputedly haunted Blue Room she wonders where the sobbing comes from late at night. Why does she have an enemy in the house? And what is the truth behind the terrifying secret of the Blue Room?
