1787. A man hastily puts the finishing touches to his final piece
of work: a beautifully shaped jug adorned with grotesque images
which, he hopes, will carry his message on after his death. For he
knows he is soon to die. As he places his precious creation in the
kiln, he hears a commotion outside. They have come. He will be
arrested and hanged before his pot has even dried.
Almost two centuries later, antiques dealer Susanna Paris notices
the jug at an auction and immediately desires it. Faced with stiff
competition, she eventually prevails and wins the work of art. But
an altercation with a charming older man, Richard Oliver, who also
wants the piece, marks the beginning of a whirlwind romance. Susanna
discovers the jug portrays pictures of Richard's ancestral home,
Hall o'th'Wood. But what do the other strange images mean?
Susanna cannot help but wonder about the piece of pottery and is
further intrigued when sinister revelations about the previous
inhabitants of Hall o'th'Wood emerge. What happened two hundred
years ago to cause such unrest centuries later? And why is Richard
acting so strangely? Susanna starts to delve deep into the history
of the Oliver family, but she doesn't know what secrets she'll
unearth until it's too late
