Joan Hessayon

Fran Craig is impoverished, pretty, approaching forty and trying to support herself and her son as a garden designer. The going is tough until she meets the new owner of Gosfield Hall.

Edwina Fairfax is delighted with her first job, protecting and preserving the trees of Essex. When sinister Leo and Cassandra Midnight refuse to allow her to inspect their ancient trees she enlists the help of local policeman, Felix Trent.