"It began with an ending, in the darkest part of the night."
There is something about Lacey Carmichael. She is simple, childlike. The villagers view the old lady with suspicion. She is the mad woman who lives at the end of the lane, the woman whose father kept her locked away in the house behind the tall hedges until he died and the woman who some suspect of being a murderer.
To newcomer Rachel Moore she is something different altogether. She is kind and caring, the neighbour who helped her through a devastating loss. But Lacey is also secretive and reluctant to talk about the past.
As Rachel gets closer to Lacey she unravels a tale of longing, loss and devastation but it is a story which also makes her question where the truth really lies.