12 years before, Geoffrey Staddon had left the woman he loved and the house which had been his first important commission and the best thing he had ever done as... » 

12 years before, Geoffrey Staddon had left the woman he loved and the house which had been his first important commission and the best thing he had ever done as an architect. Now, in 1935, a murder and its consequences compel him to return. The author's other novels include Into the Blue. «