The Scottish Highlands, 1943 A family torn apart by the secrets of war.
In a remote corner of Scotland something momentous is underway. When
Effie's father receives a government notice to quit Kirk Farm, the lives
of the Ross family and those of the whole community are utterly
disrupted. But for Effie - irrepressible, beautiful, vital - wartime
changes bring her close to Toni, an Italian prisoner of war sent to work
on the farm. Before long, the young couple are planning a future
together when the war is finally over. It's a future that's under threat
from the start. For there are those among them who cannot quite be
trusted. Someone is determined to find out what lies behind the
upheaval - and to pass those secrets into enemy hands. To stop them will
create devastation beyond anything anyone could have imagined. Based on
true events of the Second World War, this evocative novel captures the
emotions, dangers and atmosphere of the days when the world faced its
darkest hour. From the bestselling author of The Italian Chapel and
Casting Off (as P.I. Paris), Philip Paris reveals the depths to which
human beings are driven to by passion, loyalty and resentment.
