<p>Jane Ferguson suffers from horrific nightmares which she claims not to be able to explain. And when her traumatised 6-year-old daughter finds Jane dead, hanging by the neck in the hallway of the family''s seaside home, it is assumed she took her own life.<br><br>But routine police enquiries reveal evidence indicating that Jane has been murdered, and her businessman husband Felix, commodore of the local yacht club, becomes the chief suspect.<br><br>Called in to launch a major inquiry, Detective Inspector David Vogel discovers that nothing connected with Jane Ferguson''s death is as it seems. Gradually, he uncovers a deeply disturbing story involving a succession of shocking family secrets stretching back over three decades.</p>