Midwife Catherine Williams's neighbor, Isaac Powell, is found dead and scalped. Suspicion falls on Catherine's Indian assistant Massaquoit, but Powell's apprentice has also disappeared. Catherine and Massaquoit search for the truth in their different--and sometimes dangerous--ways, gathering clues to the dark secrets hidden in the Puritan village of Newbury. Historical Mystery by Stephen Lewis; originally published by Berkely Prime Crime
Midwife Catherine Williams's neighbor, Isaac Powell, is found dead and scalped. Suspicion falls on Catherine's Indian assistant Massaquoit, but Powell's apprentice has also disappeared. Catherine and Massaquoit search for the truth in their different--and sometimes dangerous--ways, gathering clues to the dark secrets hidden in the Puritan village of Newbury. Historical Mystery by Stephen Lewis; originally published by Berkely Prime Crime