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The untimely death of Claire's husband leaves her feeling numb. She retreats to a dilapidated schoolhouse in the tranquil village of Sunderne, but her peace seems threatened by her neighbour Jonathan, and the house, which itself seems to be unleashing strange ideas that Claire cannot explain.
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Pargeter (aka Ellis Peters) relates the story, originally published in 1948, of a widowed writer who moves to an old village schoolhouse where she finds herself haunted by visions of a witch hunt.
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