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Rebecca Waterhouse is just 13 when she witnesses her mother's death at the hand of her father in Seaview Cottage. But what else did she see? Years later, Rebecca's daughters Iris and Jessie know their mother will never speak of that terrible night. But when Jessie goes missing, with her gravely ill newborn, Iris realises the past may hold the key to her sister's disappearance.

The clock is ticking for Superintendent Jo Hamilton, who is just days from retirement from Sussex Police when the discovery of the bones of a young woman takes her back to a tragic unsolved case she worked on as WPC in the 1970s: the disappearance of a teenage girl from a notorious local children's home, not long after another young resident died in suspicious circumstances. Jo is determined track down the victim's sister, convinced that re-opening the hushed-up wrongs of the past will uncover the truth of the girls' deaths. But will the trail lead her disturbingly close to home?

A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her will. Ivy will never leave. Present day. Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she stumbles on a letter from the past, the contents shock and move her. The letter is from a young mother, begging to be rescued from St Margaret's. Before it is too late.

When six-year-old Alice Hilton disappears on New Year's Eve 1979 from Yew Tree Manor, suspicion immediately falls on local boy Bobby James. Bobby claims he knows nothing about it, but his family has a grievance against Alice's landowner father. Tragically the child is never found. Decades later, Willow James, an architect working on a development at Yew Tree Manor, discovers that the land surrounding the house is holding a secret. 

Sussex, 1956. Als die junge Ivy Jenkins ungewollt schwanger wird, schickt ihr liebloser Stiefvater sie fort - ins St. Margaret's Heim für ledige Mütter. Sie wird den düsteren Klosterbau nie mehr verlassen ... Sechzig Jahre später stößt Journalistin Sam in der Wohnung ihrer Großeltern auf Ivys flehentliche Briefe. Sie sind an den Vater ihres Kindes adressiert - aber wie sind sie zu Sams Großvater gelangt? Sam beginnt die schreckliche Geschichte von St. Margaret's zu recherchieren. Dabei stößt sie auf finstere Geheimnisse, die eine blutige Spur bis in die Gegenwart ziehen - auch in ihre eigene Gegenwart.

To familier bundet sammen af en tragedie. En anklaget kvinde står med nøglen til hemmeligheden ... I 1969, nytårsaften, mens Hilton-familien forbereder sig på at være vært for årets fest på Yew Tree Gods, forsvinder deres lille pige. Bobby James, en ung landmand og den sidste person, der så Alice, før hun forsvandt, mistænkes. Bobby står ved sin uskyld, men han bliver sendt væk. Alice bliver aldrig fundet. I nutiden arbejder arkitekten Willow James på et projekt omkring Yew Tree, da hun opdager, at grunden gemmer på en hemmelighed.

Hun undslap fortiden, men det tog et helt liv at blive fri ...

1956: Da Ivy Jenkins bliver gravid, bliver hun i vanære sendt til St. Margaret – et dystert hjem for ugifte mødre. Hendes barn bliver bortadopteret mod hendes vilje. Ivy kommer aldrig derfra igen.

Sandheden om en mors drøm ligger hos et tavst vidne.

Rebecca Waterhouse er kun tretten år gammel, da hun er vidne til, at hendes far slår hendes mor ihjel i Seaview Cottage. Men hvad så Rebecca ellers?

Mange år senere ved Rebeccas døtre Iris og Jessie, at deres mor aldrig vil tale om den forfærdelige nat. Men da Jessie forsvinder med sit alvorligt syge spædbarn, indser Iris, at nøglen til hendes søsters forsvinden måske ligger i fortiden.