Publisher's Synopsis
The McHarg family may be unconventional but Millicent, an eccentric and forthright novelist, is adored by her three granddaughters and her daughter-in-law, Maria. With Millicent's son working abroad, the three generations are very close and the girls, from quiet, talented Plumpet to her adopted sister Maya, are protected and happy. Then on Christmas morning, Plumpet is found assaulted and dazed in her own bed. In one night the McHargs' lives are irrevocably changed, and as memories and old secrets reveal more about the mystery of that night, Millicent prepares to take revenge...