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Serpent in the Heather
2018
First Published
3.76
Average Rating
417
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Now officially working for the Secret Intelligence Service, Kim Tavistock is back to solve another mystery—this time a serial killer with deep Nazi ties—in the sequel to At the Table of Wolves. Summer, 1936. In England, an assassin is loose. Someone is killing young people who possess Talents. As terror overtakes Britain, Kim Tavistock, now officially employed by England’s Secret Intelligence Service, is sent on her first mission: to the remote Sulcliffe Castle in Wales, to use her cover as a journalist to infiltrate a spiritualist cult that may have ties to the murders. Meanwhile, Kim’s father, trained spy Julian Tavistock runs his own parallel investigation—and discovers the terrifying Nazi plot behind the serial killings. Cut off from civilization, Sulcliffe Castle is perched on a forbidding headland above a circle of standing stones only visible at low tide. There, Kim shadows a ruthless baroness and her enigmatic son, plying her skills of deception and hearing the truths people most wish to hide. But as her cover disguise unravels, Kim learns that the serial killer is closing in on a person she has grown to love. Now, Kim must race against the clock not just to prevent the final ritual killing—but to turn the tide of the looming war.

Avg Rating
3.76
Number of Ratings
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Author

Kay Kenyon
Kay Kenyon
Author · 22 books

Kay Kenyon is the author of eighteen fantasy and science fiction novels. Her work has been shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the American Library Association Reading List award. Her newest fantasy series is The Arisen Worlds quartet. "A story of powers and magic on a grand scale. This will be a series to treasure.” —Louisa Morgan, author of The Great Witch of Brittany. Latest in the series is Book 2, Stranger in the Twisted Realm. Book 1, The Girl Who Fell Into Myth is on sale. Book 3 Servant of the Lost Power is on pre-order for a February 20, 2024 release. Book 4, coming soon, is entitled Keeper of the Mythos Gate. Her series, The Dark Talents novels, has been optioned for film. The trilogy begins with At the Table of Wolves. Other fantasy novels include Queen of the Deep and A Thousand Perfect Things. Connect with her at http://www.kaykenyon.com. She lives in beautiful eastern Washington State in the foothills of the Cascades.

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