Terry Dufton

In the pretty coastal town of Milton St. Gabriel the arrival of Lydian Cunningham's daughter and her unappealing boyfriend, unleashes events that reveal a sordid and long-hidden tale of illegitimacy and murder.

When Victor is released from prison, having served time for attempted murder of a police officer and numerous rapes, he finds that he still cannot control the panics of violent anger which got him into trouble in the first place. He becomes involved in a strange and doomed triangular relationship with the police officer and his girlfriend.

In 1918 England is at war with Germany, and Elvira misses her father who is fighting in France. She is determined to escape from her Suffolk village. The ruined house she discovers in the woods is the answer, and with her friend she makes plans for the hide-out but the Germans have other ideas...