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She taught him to play. She taught him to love. She forgot to mention she was long dead.

Exiled to a remote Lakeland village after a breakdown, Tom is bullied at school, bored at home and alone. Before, he loved playing the piano. Now he can’t even remember how.

Then Tom meets Sophie. True, she lives in a derelict church, plays violent music on the organ, quotes Greek poetry and wears a ruined silk gown. Still, she can teach him to play again and he falls for her, hard.

But Sophie has secrets and Tom has questions. Why are the villagers afraid of the church? Why is it full of stone angels? What lies hidden in the crypt? And the most terrifying question of all: who or what is Sophie?