A young traveler arrives on a remote farm, needing work and a place to stay. The older farm couple hires him only to find the new farmhand has an uncanny kinship for their animals-and for a nearby estate- with unsettling sculptures. With each visit, the stranger becomes more aware of a spectral presence in the old gardens, where something ancient and watchful begins to stir. In his suspense novels, author and veterinarian R.J. Erskine relies on personal experiences to write stories of how natural and supernatural forces impact rural communities. In his fourth novel The Coigreach, the author continues to explore how the stillness of rural life is slowly undone as the ordinary gives way to the unforeseen