Twenty years ago, Henry Evans met Francesca Chisolm while backpacking around India. He loved her, but when her father died, he waited too long to change his travel plans, so Francesca left without him. It is a decision that has haunted his adult life, which is why, twenty years later, he travels from America to an English coastal town to find her.

Twenty years ago, Henry Evans met Francesca Chisolm while backpacking around India. He loved her, but when her father died, he waited too long to change his travel plans, so Francesca left without him. It is a decision that has haunted his adult life, which is why, twenty years later, he travels from America to an English coastal town to find her. But what he discovers is not what he expects: Francesca is in prison for murdering her young son...