Authors: Elizabeth George
ISBN-13: 9780553566048, ISBN-10: 0553566040
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: May 1994
Edition: Reissue
The reigning queen of the British mystery, it turns out, is an Ohio native living in Washington State. Best known for her Inspector Lynley series, Elizabeth George says that what drives her books is the psychological goings-on of her characters. She doesn't even mind, she says, if readers figure out the killer before the end -- the motive will always be a surprise.
Learning of the poisoning of the Vicar of Winslough while on vacation at Lancashire, Deborah and Simon St. James call on Inspector Thomas Lynley to investigate. As Lynley attempts to uncover the murderer, many of the town's darkest secrets are revealedone of which is witchcraft.