Harry Widener boards the Titanic holding tight a priceless book he just purchased in London. After mayhem strikes the ship, Harrys last known words are that he must return to his cabin for his book. Neither the Harry nor the book will ever be seen again. In his honour, his mother builds the Harry Widener Memorial Library at Harvard to memorialize her son and curate his extensive book collection.Decades later, Violet Hutchins, a Harvard sophomore recovering from her own loss, is working as a page at the Widener Library. When strange things begin happening at the librarybooks falling off shelves or opening to random pagesViolet wonders if Harry Wideners ghost is trying to communicate the missing pieces of his story from the grave.