Aaron Wythe had engineered the e attack on the unsuspecting Amish. The woman who lay in a pool of blood had been photographed by his men, who had left the way they had come, unobserved, unseen.

Heather was beside herself with shock when the family returned, for Ruth had been polite and detached, but helpful, in the way of a senior Amish woman.

And what was worse was the note the murderers had left behind, pinned to the bodice of the dead woman’s chest.

‘Ask Bianca ...