It was supposed to be a final celebration for six British graduates the perfect French getaway - until Severine arrived. Her beauty captivates them and in the summer heat tension simmers and years of jealousy and longing rise to the surface. Then Severine disappears. A decade later her body is found - and for Kate Channing the discovery brings up unwelcome memories. As police suspicion mounts against the friends Kate becomes desperate to resolve her shifting understanding of that time. But as the layers of deception reveal themselves Kate must ask herself - does she really want to know what happened to Severine?
