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Late one night, a blazing inferno destroys the home of a well-to-do English doctor. Tragically, the man's wife perishes in the flames.

Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.

"The wild folk in Pleasant Valley were whispering strange stories to one another. If the stories were true, they were most amazing.

Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was the author of more than forty children’s books. “Mr.