In this delightfully creepy mystery, Ruth Galloway--whom #1 New York
Times bestselling author Louise Penny calls "a captivating amateur
sleuth"--is haunted by a ghost from her past, just as her future lands
on shaky ground. ¶ "Its patented combination of mysterious
circumstances, police procedure, and agonizing relationship problems
will keep you reading, and feeling, all night." --Kirkus Reviews
(starred review) ¶ Ruth's partner in crime, DCI Nelson, has been
receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of
ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a
case that's haunted him for years. At the same time, Ruth receives a
letter purporting to be from that very same person--her former mentor,
and the reason she first started working with Nelson. But the author of
those letters is dead. Or is he? The past is reaching out for Ruth and
Nelson, and its grip is deadly.