Masterfully intriguingThe Times On assignment in Vienna, photographer Ian Jarrett falls passionately inlove with the mysterious and beautiful Marian. Back in the UK, Ian resolvesto leave his wife for her - only to find Marian has disappeared, and thephotographs of their brief time together have been savagely destroyed.Searching desperately for her, Ian comes across a quiet Dorset churchyard.Here he meets a psychotherapist, who is looking for a missing client ofhers: a woman who claims she is the ..reincarnation of Marian Esguard, whomay have invented photography ten years before Fox Talbot.But why is Marian Esguard unknown to history? And who and where is thewoman Ian Jarrett has sacrificed everything for? His best book yet, asinuous structure of twists and traps leading to an unexpectedly sinisterclimaxDaily Telegraph Goddard's ability to pull the wool repeatedly over thereader's eyes remains dazzlingSunday Times A hypnotic, unputdownable thriller ... one can only gaspwith admiration at Goddard's ability to hold readers spellboundDaily Mail A clever tale by that master of the puzzle within a puzzleSunday Telegraph