ChandlerandMilesattendthelaunchofBuchan'sbookonmurdersinWhitechapelwheretheyarebaffledbycrypticremarksmadebyaneccentricoldladyLouiseIver.AtthesametimeelderlyvagrantAlexanderZukanovisluredtoahousewithstrangemarkingsonthewallwhereheispressedtodeath,givingthenameDorothyCadetohiskillerbeforehedies.MilesandChandlervisitZukanov'sdoss-houseandlearnthattheotheroccupantswerefrightenedofhimandregardedhimasawarlock.BuchanconfirmsthathewasamemberoftheBulgariansecretserviceandStellaKnightfromMI6nameshimashavingbeenaninterrogatorofformerBritishspyCrispinWingfield.WingfieldisquestionedbutreleasedthoughhetellsthepolicethatthemannerofZukanov'sdeathwasapunishmentforwitchesinthesixteenthcentury.MeanwhileDorothyCade,livingwithhersisterCecilia,isalsomurdered,burntatthestakelikeamedievalwitcheeeee
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