13-15 April 1989
Marion Bishop, an elderly writer of romantic novels, is dying. Katherine Willis, kind soul from the nearby village, looks after Marion while coping with her own mentally retarded brother.

When Katherine takes leave to attend her cousin’s wedding in Scotland, Laura, an experienced nurse from London, comes to take care of the failing writer on the recommendation of the local doctor.

A series of mysterious phone calls and the appearance of Raymond, Marion’s rapacious nephew, set off a situation that becomes increasingly complicated when Katherine’s brother is found murdered in a ditch.