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AsayoungpoliceofficerinPalestineduringtheclosingmonthsoftheMandate—thecradleofMiddleEasternterrorism—RichardThornhillsawanddidthingswhichstillhaunthisdreamsandnlakehimfearforhissanity.Yearslater,aretiredpoliceofficerisfounddeadinLydmouth.ThepasthascolliebacktoclaimDetectiveInspectorThornhill,and|lOWheisundersuspicionofnmrder.HiswifeEdithandformerloverJillFrancisjoinforcesinanuneasyalliancetOtrytOhelphhn.AndtheSpringfloodsarerisinghigherthantheyhaveinlivingnlemory,drowningamultitudeofsecrets..