When three bodies are discovered in hotel bedrooms, Inspector Loveluck begins a complicated investigation which involves pagan rituals and the secrets of a dynasty and its inheritance. When the 'Psychic Fair and Witches Exhibition' rolls into Sherborne bringing Psychics, Witches and thousands of the public in its wake, a story going back twenty five years begins to unfold and forces from the warring factions of Sherborne Witches and New Forest Witches whose feuding goes back hundreds of years line up against each other giving Loveluck new headaches and taking him and his team into unfamiliar territory. This second of the Loveluck mysteries once again pitches the team against clever adversaries who will stop at nothing.