When Mollie & Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly
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Exeter, 1195. When a wealthy mill-owner falls dead across his horse, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, declines to hold an inquest as the man was considerably overweight, had been complaining of chest pains & shows no signs of injury. A clear-cut case of death from natural causes. Events take a sinister turn when a straw doll is discovered hidden beneath the man's saddle bag, a thin metal spike through its heart. Convinced her husband's death was caused by an evil spell, the victim's strident widow begins a campaign against witchcraft & the so-called 'cunning women' who practise it. Soon Exeter is in turmoil, an hysterical mob is on the loose & several local women are in danger. Still the coroner refuses to get involved
- until his own mistress falls under suspicion. Can Crowner John discover the real cause of the merchant's death, unearth the culprit ď ˝ & save his beloved Nesta from the hangman's noose?