Robert Goddard

Chris Napier is shocked by the unexpected appearance of his boyhood friend, Mark Sheldon, at a wedding party at the Napier's house in Cornwall. When Mark hangs himself in the garden, the mysterious and dark pasts of their respective families suddenly begin to dog Chris's footsteps.

Geoffrey Staddon turned his back on the best things in his life. He turned his back on the beautiful house Clouds Frome, his finest achievement as an architect. He turned his back on the woman he loved, Consuela Caswell, and who loved him in return. Twelve years later, amidst the tatters of his career and marriage, he …