'Although seven clowns started the evening alive, only six still
breathed by the evening's end. And while everyone saw the murderer and
knew the murderer, no one knew their name.' Henry House, an Elizabethan
manor, is now occupied by Mind Gains, a new therapy centre in
Stormhaven. But a Halloween party for staff and clients ends in gruesome
and bloody murder. Once again, retired monk Abbot Peter and his niece
Detective Inspector Tamsin Shah are called upon to solve the mystery.
Who could have reason to kill the mild-mannered therapist, Barnabus
Hope? What did he know that he shouldn't? As the Abbot and Detective
enter the darkness, they find a therapy centre with much on its mind;
and as staff and clients come under suspicion, Henry House proves
reluctant to hand over its haunting secrets. Are there clues in the
writings of a 14th century Persian poet? Maybe. But the psychology of
horror must first have its day.