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'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet EvansIt sounds idyllic: a leisurely drive through the sun-drenched landscape of Provence. But Charity's dream holiday turns into a nightmare when she becomes embroiled in a sinister plot to kidnap a young boy. She soon finds herself in a deadly pursuit and must uncover who to trust ...and who to fall for. Whenever I look back now on the strange and terrifying events of that holiday in Southern France, I remember the minutes I spent gazing at the golden arches of the Roman aqueduct over the Gardon...the last brief lull before the thunder.

The affair began so very quietly. Charity Selborne and her friend Louise arrived at the enchanting walled city of Avignon anticipating their summer holiday with pleasure. There was no cloud in the sky; no sombre shadow on the machicolated walls; no piercing glance from an enigmatic stranger as they drew up in front of the Hotel Tistet-Vedene. How was Charity to know that most of the actors in the tragedy were at that moment assembled in the neat, unpretentious hotel? All but one, that was, and he , with murder on his mind, was not very far away.