The follow-up to 'The Lavender Keeper'. 1945. Luc and Lisette Ravens have somehow survived their time as a resistance fighter and a British spy. Haunted by the horrors they have seen, they set sail for Australia, hoping to rebuild their lives. But the past cannot be evaded so simply. When a Swiss student learns of a truth that connects his family with the Ravens, he finds himself holding the key to his own future - and to Luc's troubled past.