Is it possible to undo a pact with the Devil?
A businessman makes a deal with a satanic clergymen, and has his
daughter baptised into Satan's church. Twenty-one years later, provided
she is still a virgin, she is destined to be the centrepiece of a
hideous satanic ritual.
Molly Fountain, a tough-minded Englishwoman who worked for the British
Intelligence during the war, has retreated to her French cottage to
write. Next door she finds a new, mysterious neighbour, an intriguing
young girl named Christina.
Why did the solitary girl leave her rented house only for short walks at
night? Why was she so frightened? Why did animals shrink away from her?
Molly and her son are determined to save Christina from the clutches of
what promises to be a fate worse than death.
One of the most popular storytellers of the century. - The Telegraph