“In the end, I listen to my fear. It keeps me awake, resounding through the frantic beating in my breast. It is there in the dry terror in my throat, in the pricking of the rats’ nervous feet in the darkness. Christian has not come home all the night long. I know, for I have lain in this darkness for hours now with my eyes stretched wide, yearning for my son’s return.” WomenHistoryHistoricalMedievalJewishStrong WomanStrong Female CharactersMystery FictionStrong HeroineSinfulfolk Book:Sinful Folk Source: Sinful Folk