Annette Beck's breathtaking beauty affects young teacher Tom Kenyon, a lodger at her parent's house When she vanishes from the Hallowmount, a historic border site with an eerie reputation, Tom resolves to find out the reason Annette is sure she was away two hours, but there is irrefutable evidence that she has been gone for five days What is the explanation is it deceit, amnesia, or witchcraft? Then Detective Inspector Felse finds a link between those five missing days and a death