<p><b>&apos;A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I&apos;d rather read her than most other authors.&apos; Harriet Evans</b><br /><br />Ashley Court: the tumbledown ancestral home of the Ashley family, all blessed with &apos;the gift&apos; of being able to speak to each other without words. When Bryony Ashley&apos;s father dies under mysterious circumstances, his final words a cryptic warning to her, Bryony returns from abroad to uncover Ashley Court&apos;s secrets. What did her father&apos;s message mean? What lies at the centre of the overgrown maze in the gardens? And who is trying to prevent Bryony from discovering the truth?<br /><br /><i>Tell Bryony. The cat, it&apos;s in the cat on the pavement. The map. The letter. In the brook. Tell Bryony. My little Bryony to be careful. Danger.</i></p>