Black Feathers

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall

When Annie marries the wealthy widower Edward, she hopes that with the move to the Gardbridge estate, she will be able to leave her secrets far behind.

But the old, dark mansion is ruled by Edward's sister, Iris, who calls herself a medium. She warns Annie: where ghosts tread, black feathers fall.

Annie doesn't care about this nonsense: she is busy with household duties, her little son, and getting to know the inhabitants of Gardbridge. However, as time goes on, Annie increasingly realizes that Edward may not have been entirely honest with her. How did his first wife and child die? Why are the household staff forbidden to talk about them? How does Iris know things that Annie never told her?

And why does she repeatedly find their – black feathers – in the corridor?