A historical mystery that follows a poisoning case in 17th-century Oxford through the separate records of four narrators. It was published in two volumes, so it is handled without forcing a single bibliographic identifier.

Four voices illuminate one case from different angles.

A mystery in which a coming-of-age story about a girl who lives in the marshlands intertwines quietly with a suspicious death. The natural scenery and the accumulation of lonely time gradually bring the shape of the case into view.

Deep in the stillness of the marsh, the case lies in wait.