The novel Sinful Folk is the story of a mother who carries a hidden secret and a terrible grief. In December of the year 1377, the village of Duns in northeast England suffered a great tragedy. Children died in a house fire. The villagers undertook a desperate journey to demand justice for their children's deaths.
Sinful Folk is the story of the mid-winter journey of Mear, a former nun who has lived for a decade in this village disguised as a mute man, raising her son in secret. Her secrets are revealed ones by one as she protects her son's legacy and finds his murderer.
Mear begins her pilgrimage in terror and heartache, and ends in triumph and redemption.