Publisher's Synopsis
In the north-east town of Margrove, eighteen-year-old Alice Glass is reunited with former schoolmate Elsbeth Hobbs: shy, pretty, and from a privileged social background. Alice is rescued from her life in a small terraced house when she and Elsbeth assist in the wartime evacuation of schoolchildren to the Yorkshire Dales. Here she is caught up in the mystery of foreigner Gus Rielke's nefarious connection with farmer Bob Symmonds. Her admirer, Davy Brown, a labourer on a nearby estate, helps her in her investigation. But it is the truth about Alice's unacknowledged feelings for Elsbeth that brings about the most startling consequences...
