Publisher's Synopsis
The narrow, ordered life of a gentle but reclusive English artist, Jane Block, is disturbed when a bequest, intended for her dead mother, passes to her. Mystery surrounds the nature of the inheritance and Jane is led on a sinister trail to secrets of the past, forcing her to confront her own fears and inhibitions. She finds herself caught in a frightening quest to unravel the mysterious cover-up of a State Secret from the past and in so doing finds intrigue, betrayal and finally love.