Publisher's Synopsis
April 1943: in Hagley Woods, Worcestershire, a dead woman is found in an elm tree, her face stuffed with cloth. Mysterious graffiti appears across the Midlands: 'Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?' To Ross Spooner, a police officer working undercover for spiritualist magazine Two Worlds, the words hold a sinister meaning. He's been tracking a German spy ring involved in black magic, and this latest murder bears the hallmarks of an ancient ritual. Spooner is also investigating Helen Duncan, a medium whose messages contain classified information. Spooner must face demons from his own past, and confront those who suspect that he, too, may not be all he seems...
