
The harsh realities of village life in Colonial New England are fertile ground for gossip and superstition. Catherine Williams, a wealthy widow and midwife, refuses to believe that an Irish Catholic servant girl is to blame for the mysterious death of a newborn infant Catherine delivered. With the help of her Native American assistant, Massaquoit, she must use the town's own religious prejudices to discover the truth.
2nd and 3rd ebooks, The Blind in Darkness 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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