Sophie Daynes cherishes The Boathouse, inherited from her family and situated in remote, beautiful Cumbria. Her boorish husband, in his 40s and obsessed by his mistress, is only interested in its cash value.

With both temperatures and passions rising in the height of a searing hot summer, greed, gossip and mystery combine to make this a volatile visit they won’t forget.

Is the suspicious man living in the woods nearby really a villain on the run?

And who are the shadowy figures ‘stalking’ Sophie from the lake edge?

When the pleasure steamer churns up more than mud, and a grisly package is discovered washed up on the shore, the lives of all connected with the Boathouse are changed dramatically and irrevocably …