Asked to excavate a 16th-century well, archaeologist Sage Westfield expects to find little more than soil and the odd piece of pottery. But the disturbing discovery of the bones of a woman and newborn baby make it clear that she has stumbled onto an historical crime scene—one that is interwoven with an unsettling local legend of witchcraft and unrequited love. The owners of a nearby cottage are convinced that it is haunted, and the local vicar is being plagued with abusive phone calls. Making her series debut, Sage believes there is more to the case than a 400-year-old mystery, and then a tragic death makes it all too clear that a modern murderer is at work. "In a departure from her supernatural crime novels, Alexander carefully constructs an intricately plotted mystery…. Bittersweet and haunting, this suspenseful story is driven by complex, flawed characters."—Library Journal (starred review)