Book description
Henry didn't turn back when Francesca needed him twenty years before.
Now, on some sort of journey to anchor his soul, he arrives in her home
town of Warbling and discovers that she's even further beyond his reach
- serving a life sentence for the murder of her child.
Still intrigued by her, and entranced by his memories, he becomes drawn
into the town and the people who knew her far better than he - her
cousin, her lawyer, her closest friend, Angela, whose adopted daughter
Francesca had helped her acquire. He finds himself a lodger in the House
of Enchantment, an eccentric boarding house run by two gay men who
believe the comfort of their guests is above profit. And he finds
himself incapable of believing that Francesca is a killer, even if she
did confess her crime in chillingly logical detail. But if it wasn't
her, then who?
Peopled with richly quirky and original characters, this is a novel of
suspense in which the truth is better left unknown. Frances Fyfield
has spent much of her professional life practising as a criminal lawyer,
work which has informed her highly acclaimed crime novels. She has been
the recipient of both the Gold and Silver Crime Writers' Association
Daggers. She is also a regular broadcaster on Radio 4. She lives in
London and in Deal, overlooking the sea which is her passion.
