Successful barrister Catherine Christophe goes missing the day before her wedding anniversary. The clue to her disappearance, it seems, lies buried thirty years in the past. Somerset, 1989. Janey Lestrange arrives to stay for the summer at the grand old house of the Hunter family. But something is wrong behind the beautiful facades of Vanes. Janey's childhood friend, Kitty Hunter, her brother and their secretive parents--once so welcoming--do not seem to want he there. It is only as the night of an ancient and mysterious family ritual looms close that Janey comes to realize they need her... Decades late, the tragic events of those unforgettable months still cast the darkest shadow. Can the truth about that summer ever be brought into the light.
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