Las diurnas

Lawrence Skoefield, a young man plagued by a mysterious illness, begins to work as a bookbinder's apprentice under the tutelage of the lonely and surly John Advent, who insists on a series of mandatory rules: close doors and shutters while the sun shines and never allow Let no one enter the library. When two women are convicted of witchcraft in Suffolk County and Master Advent receives an assignment that requires him to travel, the house awakens, hungry for sunshine. The doors and shutters open, defying any key. One morning, Lawrence is awakened by the specter of a young woman with pale hair and clothes who leads him to the most valuable and best hidden manuscript of John Advent... Avis Crowfoot, a twenty-two-year-old healer, awaits her trial in prison alongside another hundred women, all accused of witchcraft. While they wait, Avis writes with an insatiable hunger, aware that time is running out. About Hintlesham Hall and its dead. About the curse and the blood she brought with her. And about Cecily Darcy. Always about Cecily Darcy.