David Appleton

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.

Charlie, a frustrated writer, is sent to his ailing grandfather's crumbling country house and tasked with packing up all of his belongings. In a final meeting, his grandfather, now in a hospice, implores Charlie to retrieve the mysterious "Phoenix." Through the beauty of the house’s natural surroundings and a chance meeting with a local artist, Charlie starts to understand what his grandfather means.