Publisher's Synopsis
Thornleigh Hall, the forbidding seat of the Earl of Sussex, dominates the surrounding countryside. Its heir is missing, and the once vigorous family is reduced to a cripple, his whore and his alcoholic second son, but its power endures. Impulsive Harriet Westerman has felt the Hall's menace long before she happens upon the dead man bearing the Thornleigh arms. The grim discovery calls out for justice. That same day, Alexander Adams is killed in a London music shop, leaving his young children orphaned. His death will lead back to Sussex and an explosive secret that has already destroyed one family...
