The serenity of Thurwell Court shatters with a gunshot. When Sir Geoffrey Kynaston fails to return from a morning shoot, his body is found on the estate grounds, and the polite fiction of country life gives way to suspicion and dread. Enter Bernard Brown, the enigmatic new tenant of Falcon's Nest, who has lived in mysterious isolation for two months without once calling on his neighbors. Who is this man who arrived without references, who refuses to be seen, whose very presence seems to cast a shadow over the Kynaston name? As Helen Thurwell, sharp and determined, digs into the secrets of the household, she discovers the murder reaches back into darker histories than anyone dared imagine. Oppenheim, the master of Edwardian suspense, weaves a tale where every unanswered invitation carries weight and the newcomer in the isolated house may hold the key to everything.
