The Ghost of Wreckers Cove by Liniers (illustrations) and Angelica Del Campo (written by). Papercutz, 2025. 9781545821237.
Cristina, her dad (an illustrator), and her younger sister Martha move to a new house that’s next door to an old lighthouse. The lighthouse’s lens is missing, though; it disappeared during the night of a big storm long ago.
The sisters meet the ghost of a young girl, Ida, and then, during a visit to the library, find out that Ida may have been the lighthouse keeper. The sisters decide to form a secret society of detectives to solve the mystery of what happened the night of the storm so Ida can rest. (Ida doesn’t seem to be able to help with the mystery.)
This is as unspooky a ghost story as I’ve read. It’s also a fine little mystery that starts with research! Liniers’ illustrations are always worth checking out — see his Macanudo series, Written and Drawn by Henrietta, The Big Wet Balloon, and Good Night Planet — but this is the first graphic novel I’ve read by him. It’s worth reading for that reason alone.
