Why should distinguished Edwardian Cabinet minister Edwin Strafford resign atthe height of his parliamentary career? Why does the woman he loves so suddenlyand ... » 

Why should distinguished Edwardian Cabinet minister Edwin Strafford resign atthe height of his parliamentary career? Why does the woman he loves so suddenlyand coldly reject him? Why seventy years later should people go to suchlengthseven as far as murderto prevent the truth from being revealed?Martin Radford history graduate disaffected and unemployed leaps at thechance to get to the island of Madeira and begin the hunt for a solution to theintriguing secret of Edwin Staffords fall from grace. However his seeminggood fortune turns to nightmare as his investigation triggers a bizarre andviolent train of events which remorselessly entangles him and those whobelieved they had escaped the spectre of crimes long past but never paid for...From the Paperback edition. «