Once upon a time the townspeople of F -. did something bad . . . Local schoolteacher Catherine
Evans has made writing the definitive account of what happened when Ilsbeth Clark drowned in
the well her life's work. Some don't want the past raked up but Catherine is determined to
shine a light upon that shameful event. Because Ilsbeth was an innocent shunned and ostracized
by rumour-mongers and ill-wishers and someone has to speak up for her. And who better than
Catherine who has herself felt the sting and hurt of such whisperings? And then a childhood
friend returns to F -. Elena is a successful author who's earned a certain celebrity. Now in
search of a new subject she announces her intention to write a book about the long-dead woman.
And Elena has everything Catherine has not. A platform. And connections. And no one seems to
care that this book will be pure speculation tainting Ilsbeth's memory. Catherine is left with
no option but to blunt her rival's pen ... Before summer is over one woman will be dead and
the other accused of murder. But is she guilty or are there other forces at work? And who was
Ilsbeth Clark really? An innocent? A witch? Or something else entirely?
