By the bestselling author of Chocolat, a passionate story of love, nuns and witches, set in 17th-century France. 'Truly sensational... This is a wonderful novel. It draws you in from the very first page' SUNDAY EXPRESSA THRILLING HISTORICAL MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CHOCOLAT AND THE STRAWBERRY THIEF In seventeenth-century France against a backdrop of witch trials, regicide and religious frenzy, Juliette, one-time actress and rope-dancer, seeks refuge with her young daughter in a remote abbey and reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste.Until a new Abbess is appointed, bringing with her a ghost from Juliette's past - a man she has every reason to fear.'With this bold, inventive book, Harris confirms her position as one of Britain's most popular novelists' DAILY MAIL