Painting the Darkness C. E. McGill Alyss is exiled to another

Alyss is exiled to another world entirely

But as his investigations into the past move ahead

he engages Thorndyke to try to find the blackmailers and bring all the issues to light

the secrets of his art

Painting the Darkness C. E. McGill Alyss is exiled to another1882. When the creak of the garden gate one autumn afternoon sounds the arrival of an unexpected stranger, William Trenchard is puzzled, but not alarmed. He cannot possibly know the destruction this visitor will wreak on all he holds dear. The stranger is James Norton, who claims to be the man William's wife Constance was once engaged to, and who was reported to have committed suicide eleven years ago. Trenchard fears the loss of his wife's