The Dead Secret Book 1 Chapter 1

In which the quiet gloom of a Cornish country-house frames the last hours of a lady whose health and spirit have long been in decline, attended only by a devoted but mysterious maid whose own past seems shadowed by secret sorrow. The heavy air of impending loss is made all the more poignant by ominous instructions and the silent suspense that hangs upon the unwritten words destined for a husband’s eyes alone.