The Story Collector

An evocative and charming novel full of secrets and mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop.

In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything… One hundred years ago, Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor translate fairy stories from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart of a mystery that threatens her very way of life.

In New York in the present day, Sarah Harper boards a plane bound for the West Coast of Ireland. But once there, she finds she has unearthed dark secrets – secrets that tread the line between the everyday and the otherworldly, the seen and the unseen.

With a taste for the magical in everyday life, Evie Woods's latest novel is full of ordinary characters with extraordinary tales to tell.

Previously published as The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan. Evie Woods's book 'The Lost Bookshop' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2023-12-18.