The Rectory is a literary ghost story that explores what happens when a young mother, whose young son has died, seeks solace in an old house by the sea. Instead she finds an old diary, an eerie book - and unexpected visitors who prey upon the grief and desperation of others.
Robert J. Hughes is the author of Late and Soon, which Adriana Trigiani praised as a novel for all readers who devour well-drawn characters, gorgeous prose and a page-turning story. He was a long-time arts reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering music, theater, the auction market and fine arts. He lives in New York and Paris and is at work on his next novel.