So Alex Bancroft, the Prophesied One, has been using an apartment up at Hilltop. But as Emily Fisher realizes, that doesn’t make him the only suspect. Not that she gets much time to consider the matter. For there are all sorts of “Sinners” in chapter 14 of Prophecies and Penalties, and Emily has to cope with a girl named for sin: Jezebel Johnson.

Fortunately for Jezebel Johnson, certain forms of punishment have been discarded by the Children