Its ten days before Christmas Bradys first Christmas in his new house Ash Siobhan Family and friends Its going to be perfect But Whitbys been wreathed in fog since November We couldnt even see across the harbour And everyones got a ghost story to tell But Detective Chief Inspector Michael Brady doesnt believe in ghosts He believes in evidence Cold hard facts Until a body is found at Bagdale Hall The Bagdale Hall thats haunted by Browne Bushell a pirate from the Civil War Suddenly old cases which werent investigated properly start to make sense Ghosts from Whitbys past have a new significance But the case gets more complex and Brady sees Christmas slipping away Michael Brady has a week A week to catch a killer Or hell pay the price And spend Christmas Day on his ownMF