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Book Synopsis''Arresting... [a] tale of madness, murder, disputed inheritances and hints of the supernatural'' Sunday Times
''Delicious ... dark ... sinister'' Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of number one bestseller, Pandora
''Thrilling'' Emilia Hart, author of Sunday Times bestseller Weyward
''Stunning'' Lianne Dillsworth, author of Theatre of Marvels
''Marvellous'' Naomi Kelsey, author of The Burnings
Deep in the woods, something is stirring
When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a position as governess at remote Locksley Abbey in the foothills of the Black Mountains, where England bleeds into Wales, she is apprehensive.
It is not the echoing, near empty house with its skeleton staff that frightens her, nor the ancient woods that surround the Abbey or even the dogs that the owner, Sir Rowland, encourages to stalk the grounds, baying for blood. It i
