It's been a few months since murder tore the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock the parish is joined with Upper and Lower Badsaddle bringing a new tide of unwanted change. But church politics soon become the least of Daniel's problems. His mother - headstrong fearless Audrey - is obviously up to something something she is determined to keep from him. And she is not the only one. And then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing . . .

Part of the Canon Clement series.