When two families - one rich, one not - go on vacation together, little do they know that someone won't be returning home. 'Brilliant' - The Times 'An absorbing summer read' - Mail on Sunday 'Gripping' - Sunday Times 'A skilful domestic whodunit' - Shots When two families - one rich, one not - go on vacation together, little do they know that someone won't be returning home. Fripp Island, South Carolina, is the perfect destination for the wealthy Daly family. For Lisa Daly's childhood friend, Poppy, it's a world away from her everyday life - so when Lisa invites Poppy's family to join them, she can hardly turn down an all expenses paid vacation for her husband and children. But everyone brings secrets to the island, distorting what should be a convivial, relaxing summer on the beach. As revelations from the past unfold, events in the present build to a shocking conclusion. 'What would you do to keep someone you love safe? What wouldn't you do?'.