Has she sent the wrong man to the gallows? Or has a killer's ghost come backto haunt her? Only Lucie Lansdon could identify the man who had murdered herfather. Justice was served by his execution, but nightmares of that evilface continue to haunt her. In torment, she turns to her fiance JoelGreenham -- only to lose him suddenly, under mysterious circumstances. Yetthe idyllic French countryside and loving arms of her new friends, RolandFitzgerald and his sister, Phillida, ease the pain, and she embarks on apromising new life as Roland's wife. But when they return to England, Luciediscovers the past, too, has returned. There, outside her window, herfather's murderer appears, threatening her sanity -- and her life...