SuitabookThe turnkey of Highgate Cemetery
Allison Rushby
- Reading
- Try the opening together, then check in about how the combination of wartime setting and ghost story feels. If the suspense appeals, continue; pause to talk through any unsettling moments.
- Themes
- History and the supernatural: The story sets Flossie's work among cemetery souls against wartime London, where bombing unsettles the dead and a German soldier's ghost appears. The premise uses supernatural mystery alongside a historical wartime setting; it presents these as the story's intertwined elements.
- Worth knowing
- Wartime danger is part of the premise: London is bombed nightly, and the dead are unsettled. The plot is also described as sinister, so the suspenseful atmosphere may be worth bearing in mind.