|summary=A neighbourhood with actors, landowners and army people; they are concerned with financial problems, an old flame, a potential affair and some deeply hidden secrets. Marcia Willett's skill at characterisation makes this a delightful read.
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Mungo is a retired actor and director. His brother Archie is a landowner, struggling to make ends meet. Kit is a good friend who comes to stay, wanting a safe place while she decides whether or not to get in touch with a former boyfriend. Neighbours include Emma, an army wife with two small children who is tempted to an affair with a friend of her husband’s, and the elderly brothers Philip and Billy who have a secret that’s been hidden for forty years...