An American woman has come to England following the death of her finacee. She had already decided before he died that she would have to break off the engagement since she did not love him but actually felt pity for him.When she arrives in England she buys an expensive sports car and sets off of explore England. She feels duty bound to visit her dead fiancee's mother who lives in Wales, though she has never met the woman.

The book is supenseful and well written. But the idea that anyone would feel duty bound to visit a woman she never met who is the mother of a man she barely knew and had already decided to break it off with makes it difficult for the reader to buy into the story. Even the woman in the story knows it is very hard to explain her behavior; she wonders out loud to herself more than once why she is going to visit the mother. When the character doesn't understand what their motive is in the story, it's pretty difficult for the reader to understand it as well. ( )