For almost two centuries, St Alfred’s Church in Whitstable, Kent, has held special significance in the lives of its parishioners, including for private detective, Pearl Nolan, owner of the Whitstable Pearl restaurant. Pearl’s son, Charlie, was christened in the church and her oyster fisherman father, Tommy Nolan, is buried in the old churchyard. Now, St Alfred’s is about to play another part in Pearl’s life as the setting for her wedding to Canterbury police detective, DCI Mike McGuire. But two fateful events are about to threaten this happy occasion – the discovery of a body on hallowed ground and the return of a ghost from Pearl’s own past.
