Written by Ruth Rendell
Read by Ric Jerrom
Unabridged

This is vintage spooky Rendell (One Across, Two Down), made even better by the fine reading by Ric Jerrom. Pup Yearman sets up a temple of occultism and casts spells, which convince his unbalanced sister Dolly that he can actually do magic, even commit murder. As Pup tries to get out from under the burden of his sister's belief, Dolly falls further and further into madness. Meanwhile, in an apartment nearby, Diarmit Bawne (and his alter ego, Colin Moore) hears his own much deadlier demons and keeps his knives and cleavers sharpened against them. Listeners will love this journey into the dark side, where reader Jerrom never falters in his eerie evocation of the all-too-believable characters.