Contemporary fiction. Summer, 1933. Alice Eveleigh has arrived at Fiercombe Manor in disgrace. Hiding her shame in the beautiful yet isolated house, in the care of housekeeper, Mrs Jelphs, Alice begins to sense that something isn't quite right. And that she is being watched. There are secrets at Fiercombe that those who remain there are determined to keep. Tragedy haunts the empty rooms and traces of the previous occupant, Elizabeth Stanton, are everywhere. And Alice discovers Elizabeth's life eerily mirrors the path she herself is on ... The past is set to repeat its sorrows, with devastating consequences.