Premise
William the Conqueror gave Greystones to the Valdis family in the eleventh century for services rendered with the event being recorded in the Doomsday Book. In the sixteenth century a cunning and gold digging lady of the realm wheedles herself into the estate and then one by one murders the family. Through cunning and guile the murders were attributed to others and not the lady of the realm. In the twentieth century history has come full circle and the true descendants and heirs to the estate are summoned. One small catch—the estate is neither an endowment nor a bequest. Greystones is an edict of royal decree.

Scenario
Matthew Adams is Canadian and the fifth Matthew of the house of Calbraith. Whilst suffering pecuniary difficulties he suddenly becomes the heir to the edict. On offer is a huge estate in the peaceful countryside of Norfolk England. Matthew’s only daughter is troublesome and of that awkward age of being neither adult nor child. Moving into the manor, Colette begins to excite the either and activate the long dead. The only solution to the haunting is to unravel the secrets of the white lady and shee devil.

Synopsis
Totally unaware of the mysterious estate of Greystones, Matthew Adams attends his half brother’s funeral and is told of the edict. A simple enough order, all the heir has to do is spend three hundred and sixty five nights in the Valdis chamber. Willingly Matthew accepts the edict and becomes a millionaire.
Matthew’s daughter, Colette, is a chip of the old block. She is self-determined, single minded and contrary. Moving into the huge empty house she begins to learn things that should only belong in the past. Colette sees the ghosts and accepts them as part of her extended family. Both mother and father become increasingly worried for the girl’s sanity and safety—they do not see the phantoms. The house is renowned for mysterious deaths and unusual happenings. The first half of the story ends with a disastrous fire seemingly caused by the evil Shee devil. Colette is injured and is transported to hospital in Norwich where she learns even more about the mysterious house.
Matthew takes up the challenge to defend both his family and his inheritance. He calls in Professor Barrington and slowly they unravel the mystery. The white lady is confronted and the shee devil confounded. The bodies and the secrets are unearthed. Colette, Matthew, and Barrington then race to untangle the web of deceit and disaster and with the aid of the church overcome the malevolence. After a hair-raising adventure the ghosts are laid to rest once and for all.
The story is a murder mystery and the truth only known by the dead. Colette is the catalyst that brings the spirit world to the boil. At first only she can see the ghosts but through her others become aware of the evil and the danger.
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