When everything you've ever wanted is in the past, how do you live in the present?

Set in a Tyneside fishing village,¿Herring Girl¿moves effortlessly between 1898 and 2007 as twelve-year-old Ben finds himself the unlikely conduit for Annie, a herring girl who lived ¿ and died ¿ a century earlier.¿As Ben tries to unravel the puzzle of Annie¿s death, he is drawn irresistibly into her long-vanished world.

Bringing the startling story of Annie¿s life and curious death vividly to life, this brilliantly realised historical mystery introduces a cast of unforgettable characters,¿and reveals how the secrets of our past are never too far away.