Part I of VIII in the series about PI Simon Fintch. Simon Fintch is an agent who works in a special team with the police in London. He's the youngest agent in the team that he leads with Roy Burns. The team solves the most difficult murder cases in London. He has made a fantastic career until he suddenly becomes seriously ill. According to the doctor, Simon's only chance to survive is to stop working and take it easy. That's why Simon decides to move home to his aunt who lives in the small town Browner where he has once grown up. It will first be difficult for Simon to get used to the boredom in the countryside instead of being at the heart of London. Together with his aunt and his childhood friends, he tries to create a tolerable existence while he is struggling with his poor health. In the meanwhile, several murders occurs that he solves by pure event. When one of Simon's best friends is murdered, he suffers another life change and a great sadness. Simon and his closest friends are drawn into a boiling witches cauldron in the otherwise so quiet country town where they now all are suspected of murder.