Alone in his isolated windswept chapel on the edge of Dartmoor who could blame the young priest Mark for seeking affection from the local millers daughter Mary? But when Marys body is found brutally stabbed Mark is the obvious suspect & the discovery that she was pregnant seems to confirm his guilt. Called in to investigate Baldwin Furnshill & Bailiff Simon Puttock soon begin to have their doubts. Could it not have been one of Marys many admirers who murdered her in a fit of jealousy? Or her father the miller who is acting in an increasingly disturbed manner? & what exactly is the local Baron trying to hide? Will they be able to find the murderer before he strikes again?