简介：TheScold'sBridle,amedievaldeviceofrepression,usedtosilencenaggingwomen.WhenDetectiveSgt.CooperiscalledtothesceneofthedeathofMathildaGillespie,althoughbizarreinabathofbloodwearingtheScold'Bridle,itseemslikeasimple,openandshutcaseofsuicide.However,afterspeakingwithDr.SarahBlakeney,Mathilda'sphysician,CooperrealizesthatthisisamurderinvestigationasMathildasufferedfromArthritis.AsCooperinvestigatesfurtherintothelifeandbackgroundofMathildahediscoversthatshewasalmostuniversallyhated.TheonlyexceptionstothisappeartobeDr.BlakeneyandherhusbandJackwhopaintedaportraitofMathildawearingtheScold'sBridle.Thecasetakesmanyweirdtwistsandmanydarksecrets,pastandpresent,areexposedasCoopertenaciouslyattemptstodiscoverthemurderer.…