In this historical mystery from the national bestselling author of A
Brush with Shadows, Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage get tangled in
a dangerous web of religious and political intrigue.
July 1831. In the midst of their idyllic honeymoon in England's Lake
District, Kiera and Gage's seclusion is soon interrupted by a missive
from her new father-in-law. A deadly incident involving a distant
relative of the Duke of Wellington has taken place at an abbey south of
Dublin, Ireland, and he insists that Kiera and Gage look into the
matter.
Intent on discovering what kind of monster could murder a woman of the
cloth, the couple travel to Rathfarnham Abbey school. Soon a second nun
is slain in broad daylight near a classroom full of young girls. With
the sinful killer growing bolder, the mother superior would like to send
the students home, but the growing civil unrest in Ireland would make
the journey treacherous.
Before long, Kiera starts to suspect that some of the girls may be
hiding a sinister secret. With the killer poised to strike yet again,
Kiera and Gage must make haste and unmask the fiend, before their
matrimonial bliss comes to an untimely end...