Harry Richmond - ambitious businessman and failed politician - is missing at sea, presumed dead. Ellen, his wife, emerges from her grief to discover that the Harry she knew and loved had many secrets - secrets which threaten to undermine everything that Ellen holds dear. Was Harry's death a simple accident? The enigmatic Moreland enters Ellen's life and tries to uncover the truth. But it is a truth that at least one person would perfer left undisturbed. For in matters of deceit, some victims are more innocent than others ...'Ms Francis excels herself ...you'll love it' Today 'Plenty of action, and more than enough murderous surprises' Independent 'A gripping tale of a woman's quest to discover the truth about her husband's death ...' She 'The best she has done yet ...finished at three a.m. with the rain pouring outside and a little shiver in the spine' Frances Fyfield, Daily Telegraph 'In the top rank of crime novels' Irish Press