Tod Benjamin's first novel weaves its way through a web of hidden secrets and half-forgotten facts. From the innocence of a young couple's first meeting, and the naive young man's accidental sight of an incident near a cricket pavilion, there grows a murder mystery, a love story, and a vivid picture of life in London in 1960. The magic of the book, gripping mystery thriller that it is, lies in the plethora of fascinating characters from all walks of life who inhabit its pages.