The Mysterious Bookshop

Elizabeth Gaskell - The Old Nurse's Story (A Ghost Story for Christmas)

After her parents pass away, young Rosamond is raised by her nurse in the ancestral home of her aunt, Miss Furnivall. One day the two uncover an exceptionally beautiful old portrait. A relative, distant or close? And is that the strange sound of a distant organ, or simply the wind?

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Specializing in Mystery Fiction and all its subgenres, including Detective, Crime, Hardboiled, Thrillers, Espionage, and Suspense.

Located at 58 Warren St. in New York City, we are open Monday-Saturday from 11am-7pm.

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