Shroud of Silence — Nancy Buckingham

For years it lay dormant at Mildenhall--then the drowned specter arose and led Kim Bennett to the brink of madness.

Kim Bennett, a speech therapist, agrees to stay at the Sussex country home of her friend, Gwen Barrington, to help her nephew Drew's child, Jane, who has a bad stammer. Kim becomes convinced that the little girl's problems are somehow linked with a family tragedy two years ago, but investigating this brings hostility and danger.