Unholy Ghosts

‘Theodora Braithwaite drove fast down the straight Roman Road which was the only road into and out of Norfolk…the end of the journey was in sight. With every smooth gear-change she felt the recent, haunting past slip away from her. The agonised faces of the freshly bereaved or betrayed grew less insistent.’

Deaconess Theodora Braithwaite enjoying a break in Norfolk from her duties is asked by the Bishop to investigate a death that, if not accidental, will reflect badly on the church.