January 1923 had been rather uneventful, until a gruesome murder in the town of Hove has everyone asking difficult questions. An unassuming old man has been brutally slain while working in the fields, and some are saying that it could be an act of witchcraft. Clara has no time for such talk, but when she is asked to prove the chief suspect for the killing innocent, she must overcome her prejudices to listen to the old ways and determine if an elderly man has died because of superstition. With rumours of curses and demon dogs spooking even the local constables, can Clara bring a dose of rationality to the situation and find the real murderer? The Valentine Murder is the 20th book in the Clara Fitzgerald series and is published by Red Raven Publications