Vol.2 in the Kain Songket Mysteries series set in Kelantan, Malaysia. Mak Cik Maryam is plunged once again into the shadowy world of murder, hatred and madness when a fellow market woman is killed after a successful main puteri (princess play) curing ceremony. Sorcery is suspected, though Maryam believes there are sufficient human suspects to investigate before considering the supernatural. Solving the crimes requires the unravelling of a knot of family secrets, madness and familiar spirits. Maryam and Rubiah again bring Kelantan common sense, jewellery and an instinct for truth to shed light on a situation which appears at firstto be insoluble.
Follow Maryam in Princess Play, the second Kelantanese murder case in the Kain Songket Mysteries series.
