A shadowed evil

By Alys Clare

Subjects: Josse D'Acquin (Fictitious character), England, fiction, Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Histoire, Romans, nouvelles, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Abbess Helewise (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Fiction, Social life and customs, History

Description: February, 1212. Sir Josse d'Acquin and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall, where Josse's elderly uncle, Hugh, lies dying, surrounded by his family. But the pair soon discover that Hugh's ill health is not the only cause of distress in the house; Hugh's son and heir, Herbert, has taken an unpleasant new wife, the widowed Lady Cyrille. Josse and Helewise are distracted by the discovery of an injured young man on the road outside on the evening of their arrival, but the longer they remain in the house, the more they feel that something is very wrong. Why do they both feel as if the house itself is alive--and threatened by approaching evil?