Amid the falling shells of Flanders Field, magic and mystery fills the air…

January 1918: Laura Iven, a Canadian nurse, returns home from the war, only to receive devastating news – her brother Freddie is dead. But something doesn’t quite make sense.

Determined to uncover the truth, Laura heads back to Belgium, volunteering at a private hospital. There, she encounters the eerie whispers of ghosts moving among those still living and a strange inn-keeper whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could this have happened to Freddie – but if so, where is he?

November 1917: Freddie Iven wakes after an explosion to find himself trapped with a wounded German soldier. Against all the odds, they form a bond and claw their way to an escape.

But in the chaos of No Man’s Land, neither know where to turn to avoid persecution. Amidst the atrocity, they encounter a fiddler with the power to make their hellscape vanish – but at what price?

With the power to both warm and break your heart, The Warm Hands of Ghosts is a breathtaking and spellbinding tale of love, survival, and the supernatural.

Thrilling Reads meets every four weeks on a Wednesday (afternoon: 2-3pm, evening: 6.30-7.30pm).
All about books to get your heart racing! Run by Leigh and Caroline, we read from a range of genres from thrillers and crime novels to mysterious contemporary fiction.