SuitabookThe Ghost of Gosswater
Lucy Strange
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This is a gothic historical mystery about a child displaced after a death, searching for the truth about her identity while supernatural events expose troubling family secrets.
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Lucy Strange
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Randy Ribay
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Jess Popplewell
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