Hope Dunne is a top photographer, living alone in her chic Soho loft. After a tragic loss she is finally content with her life ... until she flies to London at Christmas to photograph one of the world's most celebrated writers.

Finn O'Neill exudes warmth and a boyish charm, and has soon whisked Hope away to his palatial, isolated Irish estate.

Hope finds his magnetism and brilliance irresistible. But cracks soon begin to appear in his stories: gaps in his history: a few innocent lies, bouts of jealousy... Suddenly Hope suspicious, and ultimately frightened of the man she lov

Alone, thousands of miles from home, her mind is reeling.

Is she just being paranoid? How many lies has he told? Are there more secrets to come? Is it possible that this adoring, attentive man - like the characters in his frighteningly dark novels - is hiding something even worse?