Publisher's Synopsis
On a rain-swept Sunday morning in February 1899, the peaceful Kentish village of Biddenden was shaken to its core. A six-year feud reached its devastating climax when Sunday school teacher John Whibley was shot dead in the local school. Was this an act of calculated brutality by a heartless murderer, or a deluded woman's tragic attempt to fulfil what she believed to be divine will? What drove Bertha Peterson, a gentlewoman, to commit such an unthinkable act? Follow the story of a disturbed mind, shaped by dangerous beliefs and religious fanaticism, as it spirals into cold-blooded obsession. Could John Whibley's death have been averted? Was more needed to stop Bertha's deadly path? The answers lie within this haunting tale.
