To most people it seems that Harry Aidan has everything - charm, good looks, immense wealth, an historic house and a beautiful wife who adores him. But the urbane, assured exterior of happy husband and successful politician is only one side of Harry Aidan's character. He is also aggressive, calculating, ruthlessly ambitious, a man whose casual indifference to the feelings of others turns the wife who loves him into one of his most implacable enemies and finally lands him in terrible personal danger. . .