Cathy's husband John gives her an ultimatum: him or her lover. She knows who she should choose, but Richard is not someone you cross. To help, John suggests moving the family to France. She agrees, hoping that a new lifer abroad will break the spell cast by her lover. Perhaps, but what other cans is she opening? An unknown assassin kills Esther. Her ghost is waiting in the house to tell her story. She draws the visitors into wartime Perigord. A region split by the line between occupied and Free France. She fought the English spy for the heart of the resistance fighter. Will her reincarnation do the same? Separated by over half a century, two stories unfold, revealing disturbing parallels. Will Cathy identify her previous incarnation? Will she learn the truth about Esther's murder? Does death close the book, or does it only turn the page?