内容简介
1920.TheGreatWarhasbeenoverfortwoyears,andithasleftaverydifferentworldfromtheEdwardiancertaintiesof1914.FollowingthedeathofhiswifeandbabyandhisexperiencesontheWesternFront,LaurenceBartramhasbecomesomethingofarecluse.YetdeathandtheaftermathoftheconflictcontinuetocastapalloverpeacetimeEngland,andwhenayoungwomanheonceknewpersuadeshimtolookintoeventsthatapparentlyledherbrother,JohnEmmett,tokillhimself,Laurenceisforcedtorevisitthedarkestpartsofthewar.AsLaurenceunravelstheconnectionsbetweenCaptainEmmett'ssuicide,agroupofwarpoets,abitterregimentalfeudandahiddenloveaffair,moredisquietingdeathsareexposed.EvenatthemomentLaurencebeginstoliveagain,itdawnsonhimthatnothingisasitseems,andthateventhoseclosesttohimhavetheirsecrets...