Synopsis

A shadow had fallen over Nancy Barclay’s life, a darkness deepened by the revelation of her husband, Colonel Barclay’s, past. He had wronged her former betrothed, leaving him broken and banished. The knowledge ignited a bitter conflict between them, culminating in a violent argument. Later, the Colonel was discovered dead, lying beside his unconscious wife in a locked room, the door without a key, and strange animal tracks marking the earth outside the window. Nancy Barclay remained lost in a co