| Summary Note |
London, 1930. Nell Fagan is a journalist on the trail of a intriguing and bizarre mystery- in 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a remote Yorkshire village, and now, 300 years later, it's happened again. Nell confides in the best sleuth she knows, judge's daughter and staunch defender of truth and justice, Rachel Savernake. Thank goodness she did, because barely a week later, while investigating a series of deaths at a sanatorium, Nell disappears, and Rachel is left to put together the pieces of the puzzle. Looking for answers, Rachel travels to lonely Blackstone Fell in Yorkshire, with its eerie moor and sinister tower. With help from her friend Jacob Flint who's determined to expose a fraudulent seance Rachel will risk her life to bring an end to the disappearances and bring the truth to light. A dazzling mystery peopled by clerics and medics; journalists and judges, Blackstone Fell explores the shadowy borderlands between spiritual and scientific; between sanity and madness; and between virtue and deadly sin. |
