The vanishing woman : a Father Gabriel mystery

"Enid Jennings is the most hated woman in town, a retired headmistress and embittered war widow, who has a talent for causing conflict and distress wherever she goes. When Enid's downtrodden daughter, Agnes, sees her mother vanish into thin air virtually in front of her, she is widely assumed to have been mistaken or to have lost her mind--her story is simply too far-fetched to be believed. Enter Father Gabriel, working on the principle that some...