London{u2019}s craftiest and boldest detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are back in this deviously twisting mystery of black magic, madness, and secrets hidden in plain sight. When a young woman is found dead in the pews of St. Bride{u2019}s Church {u2014} alone and showing no apparent signs of trauma {u2014}Arthur Bryant assumes this case will go to the Peculiar Crimes Unit, an eccentric team tasked with solving London{u2019}s most puzzling murders. Yet the city police take over the investigation, and the PCU is given an even more baffling and bewitching assignment.