Malice Domestic — Mollie Hardwick

LIFE ON THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND DOES WONDERS FOR A BROKEN HEART.

Her new life in a tiny Kent village suits Doran Fairweather to a T. Devastated by a bad love affair, she now finds deep contentment in her shabby old house, her antiques business, and her low-key romance with the young vicar.

Then a stranger arrives...and a chill falls on the village. For Mr. Mumbray is no mere solicitor, but a being whose malign presence causes the villagers to flee, cringe, and sicken.

Only Doran and the vicar dare defy the evil they sense invading innocent lives, but death and destruction are running wild. And neither they--nor the malevolent Mr. Mumbray himself--will be spared.