This was an interesting book that switched back and forth between the early 1990's and the 1690's during the Salem Witch Trials. The author is actually a descendent of Elizabeth Proctor and Elizabeth Howe, both accused of witchcraft. One survived and one didn't!
The main character, Connie, is asked to put her grandmother's old house in order to sell it. She is a doctoral student at Harvard. She gets drawn into the mystery surrounding the house, and her family, when she finds a key in a bible and a yellow piece of paper with the name Deliverance Dane on it. She needs to find out the meaning.
Along the way she meets an interesting steeplejack, also a scholar who enjoys restoration work, and together they try to unlock the secrets of the house and the key.
The passages that take place during the Salem Witch Trials are interesting and historically correct. The author is a scholar herself and did much research to write the book.
It's quite interesting and captivating and was a fast read. I recommend!
