The violent death of millionaire Guy Brouard comes as a shock to the other residents of the beautiful island of Guernsey. China River, a Californian photographer, is arrested, and her brother Cherokee and friend Deborah St James do everything in their power to prevent a terrible miscarriage of justice. But secrets go back a long way in the close-knit community of Guernsey, a fact that becomes clear to the pair as it is revealed that the murder has its roots in the island