The first book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Wendover House Cozy Mystery Series. "Melanie Jackson pens a sumptuous modern gothic."
--Booklist A strange inheritance leads Tess MacKay to an island in Maine. In her unknown relative's ancient house, she discovers that the sins of the past are very much alive and able to be visited on the children. Smugglers and pirates and an old curse are not just things of the past, but dangers...