Elizabeth Haynes's new psychological thriller is a stunning, suspenseful and shocking story in which everything is at stake. Sarah Carpenter lives on a farm in North Yorkshire and is left completely alone for the first time since the death of her husband. Her children, Louis and Kitty, are leaving to study. But Sarah behaves courageously and does not consider herself lonely. She has two dogs and a best friend, Sophie. And the resumption of relations with an old acquaintance Aiden gives Sarah a reason to smile and be happy again. But her children are against it. And even Sophie seems to have moved away... The mysterious disappearance of her friend, and then her daughter, makes Sarah live in anxiety: she feels that danger is somewhere nearby. But she has Aiden. He can protect her. Or not?..