Anna Miles arrived in peaceful Aubrete like a person without a past, and for months has hidden there from the world. Then, one storm-lashed night, someone arrives at her door - a girl she does not know, with the corpse of an old woman in her car. But the mysterious stranger refuses to speak.
As the police try to unravel the case, it seems there is an unknown link between these women. Chief Inspector Robert Wilde begins investigating the passenger's suspicious death, but how can he get the girl to talk? And is nearby Aubrete manor the most sinister focus for it all?
