From the tropical lushness of Key West to the Georgian splendour of Bath runs the thread of a painful past, merging dangerously with black magic and human slavery into a sinister maelstrom of suspense .
Following a freak accident that claimed the life of her husband, Madeleine Frank has fled theFlorida Keys for the safe surroundings of Bath. But as a psychotherapist trying to help patients heal after traumatic events, she knows only too well that it’s impossible to recover from some losses. As she’s starting to come to terms with her own past, Madeleine is thrown off-balance by the arrival of a new patient. Sensing something familiar in this damaged and hostile woman, Madeleine is disturbed to discoverthat strains of her patient’s childhood eerily echo her own darkest secret.
The increasingly complex relationship between Madeleine and her client, Rachel, will unleash a terrifying series of events which neither could have predicted – and which neither is able to control.
And at the heart of the terror lies the fate of a child . . .
has fled theFlorida Keys for the safe surroundings of Bath. But as a psychotherapist trying to help patients heal after traumatic events, she knows only too well that it’s impossible to recover from some losses. 
As she’s starting to come to terms with her own past, Madeleine is thrown off-balance by the arrival of a new 
