Silence for the Dead

like we got closer, Portis House gradually showed itself like a long, low shadow emerging from the mist.

Pretty, crafty, and on the run in 1919, Kitty Weekes fabricates her past to get a job as a nurse at Portis House, a rural hospital for men traumatized by the Great War. The patients have panic attacks and nightmares that afflict them, and they hide the embarrassment of their mental illness in what was once a gorgeous private estate. However, Portis House is experiencing more issues than just the cracking plaster. Strange chilly breaths are wafting through the vacant rooms, and the plumbing is making unsettling sounds. The previous tenants' sudden departure is well known, but where did they go? And why does it appear that every patient has the same nightmare—one so terrible they can't even talk about it?

Jack Yates, a prisoner who either be a war hero or a lunatic, or maybe both, proves to be a perilous ally for Kitty. But even as Kitty and Jack form a close-knit partnership in secret to find the truth, unsettling discoveries point to the existence of strong ghostly powers. They are forced to face the threat alone as a medical emergency isolates them even more, trapped in the center of a mystery that has the potential to harm them both.