When the news of the death of her ex-husband reaches Binnie, it seems that her tranquil life in the West Country has come to an end. In his Will he had left her an island in the beautiful archipelago off the coast of Cornwall wheere he had spent his childhood, and Binnie has to take her family to the island -revisiting it for the first time in years - and work out what to do.

Leaving behind the mysterious stanger who had turned up in the village on the day before, Binnie arrives on the island and takes possession of the dilapidated house which she has not seen for so many ears. As she becomes involved in the life of the island and its inhabitants, she has to embark upon a whole new life and discovers many things about her husband and her past that will change everything.

Given to me by a friend, a painful but thrilling book with some twists.

Passing on to Catherine, a new bookcrosser, at the Wilcove Village Hall Table top sale/Coffee Morning today.