1988. Order of the Daughters of Compassion, Bodmin, Cornwall.
The sisters at a lonely Cornish convent share a chilling secret they cannot confess . . . Sister Sophia is dead.
One nun is dead.
Another disappears.
And a mysterious last letter from a dying nun is sent to the prioress.
Sister Joan has faced her own demons. Now she is sent to the convent to investigate, as well as teach the local children.
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE NUNS?
There are whispers of virgin sacrifice and suicide, and the mother prioress certainly wears pink nail varnish. And who is the young man hiding in the bracken?