About the book: 1996 / At the center of the story is a young married couple. He is already a successful lawyer, she is a girl who has recently arrived from the provinces...One day, when her husband went abroad on business, she also leaves London and hurries to her native place, to the north of England, where her former lover is dying. The husband, being a subtle psychologist, quickly unravels his wife’s intentions - then the main events of the novel take place... For a wide range of readers.