Clare Cassidy is no stranger to tales of murder. As a literature teacher specialising in the Gothic writer R.M. Holland, she teaches a short course on them every year. Then Clare's life and work collide tragically when one of her colleagues is found dead, a line from an R.M. Holland story by her body. The investigating detective is convinced the writer's works somehow hold the key to the case. A contemporary Gothic thriller from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries.