When Lucy's sister Phillida suggests that she join her for a quiet holiday on the paradise island of Corfu, Lucy is overjoyed Her work as an actress has temporarily come to a halt and London in winter is a bleak and depressing place But the peaceful idyll does not last long A series of incidents, seemingly unconnected - but all surrounded in mystery - throw Lucy's life into a dangerous spin, as fear, danger,death - as well as romance - supplant the former peace