Having led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, Cat Morland jumps at the opportunity to visit the Edinburgh Festival with her neighbours, the Allens. At first the trip is less than thrilling, but when she meets the dark-eyed Henry Tilney, and his sister Eleanor she is flung into a world of crumbling turrets, secret chambers and ghosts. But Cat soon learns that the world of Northanger Abbey might be altogether more disturbing than the pages within her books.