SOLVED. Adults/ YA Paranormal book. Ghost of a girl haunts a reservoir where she was killed (in Britain?). Group of friends living nearby investigate? Title: something like "The shadow of [the girl's name]". Browsed book in 2015-2016. [s]

[Penny]

I've only flicked through a few pages of the book in question but I do remember some of the plot details: there is the ghost of a lady who haunts a reservoir where she was killed and is buried and I think it is set in the 20th or 21st century, and I think there was a group of friends living nearby who investigated it, but I'm a bit rusty about that part. I remember that the cover is mainly a shade of dark grey with a picture of the lady's ghost. I saw the book in 2015-2016.

I think I remember that the title of the book is something like "The shadow of [lady's name here]" but I can't be sure

I don't remember any other details than that. Any ideas what the title is?

[Stephen]

Probably not because it matches nothing else, but Peter Straub's If You Could See Me Now has a ghost girl and a reservoir.

[Kris]

Abigail, is this book for teens or adults? How old are the friends?

What's the location/country?

[Penny]

Kris wrote: "Abigail, is this book for teens or adults? How old are the friends?

What's the location/country?"

I'm pretty sure it's for adults/young adults and the friends are young adults, the location is an English-speaking country, probably Britain

[Becca]

The Shade of Hettie Daynes by Robert Swindells?

[Penny]

Yes, that's the one! Thank you!