Recommended by the Reviewers Club
A modern gothic novel with well-drawn and convincing characterisation. This is a story of love and astronomy told over the course of 20 years. Set in Essex, the novel combines historical fact with fiction. The plot centres on a Calvinist Baptist church and the ghost of a Romanian comet hunter. Though somewhat contrived, this is a well written and elegant novel with much scientific information. I have to confess that I stuck to the story purely because of the characters who were so sympathetically portrayed.
3.5/5 Stars