Postern of Fate

Mary Jordan did not die naturally. Underlined words in an old children's book spell out a chilling message from the past. Who was Mary Jordan? Who wrote the message? How did poor Mary die? Tuppence and Tommy Beresford rummage through the leavings of their new home, unearthing singular evidence of murder and espionage concealed in children's toys, secreted in furniture, encoded in books. They then plumb the minds of the aged pensioners who are the last living contacts with a long-ago incident that shook the sleepy English village of Hollowquay to its roots - an incident whose deadly legacy will threaten Tuppence and Tommy's future if they dare solve the mystery of Mary Jordan's unnatural demise.