From the first time Amy steps foot in the building on the High Street she is disturbed by an oppressive atmosphere, but it’s after she finds the painting that events escalate and the past starts to become more real to her than the present, with potentially disastrous consequences.

“I think something terrible happened here…”

Evoking the atmosphere of a seventeenth century coffeehouse, with intrigue, mystery and suspense, Secrets of the Penny University is a perfect choice for readers who enjoy Barbara Erskine, Clare Marchant and Nicola Cornick.