Clare Francis

When Grace Dearsden disappears in the lonely Norfolk marshes in the depths of winter, an old family friend returns to the area to try and discover what has happened. Immediately she begins to uncover clues to a tragic family secret.

As Joe had introduced his childhood friend Jenna to her husband, Chetwood, his conscience drove him to search for them when they disappeared. Now, four years later, he finds them but realises that he has set some terrible events in motion!

In 1946 the war has ended but times are still difficult for civilians and returning servicemen. In Somerset a young Polish soldier finds work on Billy Snape's farm. Just as the community starts to accept Wladislaw he falls in love with the fiancéof a returning war hero.

Catherine has become a victim in her own home after frequent nuisance calls and then a vicious attack. As she comes to terms with her injuries two men seem anxious to uncover the truth.

In a comfortable London suburb, the wife of the Commissioner of Police is blown to pieces when a parcel bomb, intended for her husband, explodes in her hands. The killing alerts Special Branch to the operations of a new and deadly cell of terrorists dedicated to the overthrow of order by the most violent and devious means.