Publisher's Synopsis
Lost in the Kent countryside, ex-cop Peter Marsh and his daughter Georgia find themselves in a beautiful, neglected garden. It ceases to seem so idyllic when they discover that in 1949, Alwyn Field, one of the Fernbourne Five, had hanged himself from one of its trees. The Fernbourne Five came to fame in the late 1930s, known not only for their artistic work, but also for the doomed love affair between Elfie Lane and Alwyn Field, and for the tragic death of the brilliant poet Roy Sandford. Now Fernbourne Manor is to be opened, amid much publicity. But when Peter and Georgia begin to make enquiries about Alwyn Field, they are met with inexplicable hostility...
