
Midwife Catherine Williams's neighbor, Isaac Powell, is found dead and scalped. Suspicion falls on Catherine's Indian assistant Massaquoit, but Powell's apprentice has also disappeared. Catherine and Massaquoit search for the truth in their different--and sometimes dangerous--ways, gathering clues to the dark secrets hidden in the Puritan village of Newbury.
2nd in the Colonial mystery trilogy featuring Catherine Williams
1st and 3rd ebooks, The Dumb Shall Sing and The Sea Hath Spoken are also available.
Stephen Lewis is the author of two contemporary mysteries set in Brooklyn (published by Walker & Company), and a three-book series set in Colonial New England. This series includes The Dumb Shall Sing, The Blind in Darkness, and The Sea Hath Spoken, which draw upon his expertise as a scholar of New England Puritanism.
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