Allison & Busby, London, 2000, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-7490-0344-8.  MMPB, 237 pages.  Very good; unread copy with very light edge and cover wear, small tear at bottom wrap edge and first several pages.  ‘Buying a house in the picturesque village of Brideswell was an impulse decision for high-ranking policewoman Charmian Daniels. … But when the village beauty, Chloe Devon, mysteriously disappears, Charmian begins to suspect that Brideswell is not all it seems.  When part of Chloe’s corpse is discovered in London, and another part is unearthed in a shallow grave in Brideswell … together with local Detective Chief Superintendent Clive Barney, she determines to catch the killer. … Her enquiries uncover a host of demons from Brideswell’s past …’ (from rear wrap)