The Witch at Wayside Cross: Jesperson and Lane Book II

by Lisa Tuttle (Author), Lisa Tuttle (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2018

  $10.80

  Should you find yourself in need of a discreet investigation into any sort of mystery, crime or puzzling circumstances, think of Jesperson and Lane . . .

  Jesperson and Lane have just solved their first major case when a man bangs violently on their door - and almost immediately drops dead. The police rule death by natural causes, but the detectives are determined to find out what really happened . . .

  Mr Manning was screaming about witches before his death.

  The case takes them to Mr Manning's Norfolk home, a land of mysterious Shrieking Pits and ancient knowledge. Mr Manning was himself a member of the enigmatic School of Ancient British Wisdom, and not the first to suffer a similar fate. Local gossip suggests that he was secretly engaged to one of the three lovely sisters who reside at Wayside Cross - but which one? Are they really witches, as the gossips also claim?

  And what does all this have to do with the mysterious Shrieking Pits and a mother desperate to find her missing baby?

  Jesperson and Lane, at your service.

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