Hugh Wellesley is risking everything to win back his business when the body of Sylvie Mathieson is found stabbed and bound Years before, she had been the love of Hugh's life, and he falls under suspicion He insists that his relationship with her was innocent, yet he is not telling the truth He has been her lover but the attempt to recapture a golden past had turned into a deeply unhappy affair The evidience against him continues to mount