<DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">When his editor asks him to investigate the background of Simone Anderson, a new Bloomsbury artist, journalist Harry Fitzglen is skeptical. But once he's met the enigmatic Simone, Harry is intrigued. What happened to Simone's twin sister, who disappeared without a trace? And what is the Anderson sisters' connection to another set of twin girls?Viola and Sorrel Quinton?who were born in London a century earlier? All of Harry's lines of inquiry seem to lead to the small village of Weston Fferna and the imposing, grim ruins of Mortmain House. As Harry delves into the house's terrible history he finds himself drawn into a series of interlocking mysteries, each one more puzzling?and sinister?than the last.</P></DIV>