Lavender Fields is the perfect sanctuary. The remote Cornish cottage has been home to many a lost soul for generations. In 1892 Helena runs the family inherited perfumery business here. Until one beautiful but isolated winter, almost consumed with loneliness, a stranger appears, altering her ordered world forever. In 1940 Joseph finds a journal buried behind a stone in the hearth of his holiday home. He sets out on a quest to find out what happened in the cottage, all those years ago. But his curiosity is dampened when he is called to serve in the war effort. When he returns he soon uncovers the disturbing family secrets which Helena took to her grave. Is it time to unravel the mystery which surrounds this idyllic landscape and finally lay to rest the ghosts of the past? 'An intricately woven tale of love, betrayal and murder'