Catherine Gaskin has been recognised as one of the most accomplished story tellers of her time. In this novel Kirsty Howard travels to Scotland from China. She goes to be with her grandfather who runs a world renown whisky distilleries at Cluain.Kirsty meets up with the two woman who run the house, one aging and suspicious the other young and confiding. She also meets Sir Gavin Campbell and his beautiful wife and Callum Sinclair who rides the moors with his falcon on his wrist. He is the most mysterious of them all.

The climax of this novel is the most dramatic that Catherine Gaskin has written.

The book is hard covered with dust cover in good condition