There local rumors surface that the deceased had unwisely “raised” Satan by means of a notorious spell. Anatole’s motives are mixed (no surprise, as their aunt is young and beautiful).
In 1891, teenaged Parisienne Léonie Vernier accompanies her older brother Anatole to the lavish estate (Domain de la Cade) located in the aforementioned area, for the funeral of their aunt Isolde’s husband. Like its predecessor, this book is set in provincial southwestern France’s Pyrenees Mountains-this time, near the village of Renne-les-Bains (a nod to The Da Vinci Code)-and it tells two stories, which occur more than 100 years apart and occupy parallel narratives. History and mystery are engagingly blended in British author Mosse’s bulky successor to Labyrinth (2006).
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