Beatrix Prins sets out to discover who killed her father in the final days of the Nazi occupation of Holland. But where is the truth and which are the lies in the patchwork of fragments and memories which survive? As her mother slips further into madness, Beatrix begins to believe that she is uncovering a shocking truth which has lain hidden for decades beneath the rubble of war. She enters a dangerous world, alone and vulnerable where she will replace her father in a new conspiracy in order to unravel the past and determine her own future. But the price she has to pay may be too high. The safe arms of a deceitful childhood have been the currency of her life so far. Is it too late for her to understand love and loyalty?