Two apparently harmless women, Miss Finch and Miss Swallow, reside in the idyllic English village of Little Camborne. But when a mysterious foreigner, Theodore Cadmus moves next door, the safe monotony of their lives is shattered. Soon, long-hidden secrets and long-held grudges threaten to surface, drawing all into a vortex of subterfuge, theft, violence, mayhem... and murder. A darkly playful novel from an award-winning author.