It's 1952 and 32-year-old newlywed Claire Pendleton has just arrived in Hong Kong with her civil-servant husband Martin. Thrust into a new and international world, the once provincial Claire takes a position as piano teacher to Locket Chen, the daughter of wealthy socialite Chinese parents, and quickly becomes intrigued by the family's unconventional English driver, the enigmatic Will Truesdale. The past cannot remain hidden for long and as her involvement with Will grows, Claire finds herself at the centre of a web of secrets, lies and murder, in which both her lover and the Chens are irretrievably entangled.
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It's 1952 and 32-year-old newlywed Claire Pendleton has just arrived in Hong Kong with her civil-servant husband Martin. Thrust into a new and international world, the once provincial Claire takes a position as piano teacher to Locket Chen, the daughter of wealthy socialite Chinese parents, and quickly becomes intrigued by the family's unconventional English driver, the enigmatic Will Truesdale. The past cannot remain hidden for long and as her involvement with Will grows, Claire finds herself at the centre of a web of secrets, lies and murder, in which both her lover and the Chens are irretrievably entangled.