The serpent in the garden

Portrait painter Joshua Pope is interrupted one night by a visitor with a challenge. Twenty years before, he painted a wedding portrait for widower Herbert Bentnick and his bride, Elinor Mercier.Joshua witnessed events which began and ended in murder, and their mystery has never been solved. Portrait painter Joshua Pope is interrupted one night by a visitor with a challenge. Twenty years before, he painted a wedding portrait for widower Herbert Bentnick and his bride, Elinor Mercier. Joshua witnessed events which began and ended in murder, and their mystery has never been solved.