Three families, separate yet joined by the sins of the fathers; sins that will ultimately lead to tragedy.
Mark Richmond's trip to York takes a surprise detour when he runs into Helena Crawford and ends up accompanying her to her parents' ruby wedding anniversary in Drumlee, Scotland.
Six months earlier, Mark attended Peter Kingsley's sixtieth birthday party – the father of his now-estranged wife, Sophie – where Peter was unexpectedly taken ill. Mark's father, Charles, has been friends with Peter for forty years, but how well does he really know him?
As Peter's health continues to deteriorate, it seems the Richmonds and the Kingsleys are inextricably entwined by devastating secrets, resentment, betrayal and deceit. And who is Ellie, the girl in the hooded anorak, who appears on the cliff path in Drumlee, pale and shivering from the cold?|Mark Richmond is up in Scotland getting to know the Crawford family, but the health of his father-in-law, Peter Kingsley, is deteriorating in England. As Peter continues to struggle, it seems the Richmonds and the Kingsleys are inextricably entwined by the sins of their fathers - sins that will ultimately lead to tragedy.