After a twenty-year absence, Merlyn Cantelo returns to Leeds to attend his late aunt Clarissa’s funeral. Far from being welcomed back into the fold of his large and quarrelsome family, who had believed him dead, he is viewed by many with suspicion and distrust. To some he is simply a wastrel, who disappeared for no reason and whose timely reappearance has thwarted their prospect of a tidy inheritance. However, all is more complex than it seems. The teenage Merlyn only fled his home at the vehement insistence of his sometimes clairvoyant aunt, who foresaw for him a life blighted by violence and death. Moreover, the root of this danger supposedly lies somewhere within the family… Returning from Europe an educated professional, Merlyn knows that if he is to discover whether his aunt’s fears were justified, he must come to terms with his tragic past – and delve into the murky history of the Cantelo family. As the tension mounts, this latest novel by an acclaimed master of the genre will keep you enthralled and mystified until all finally comes to light…