Award-winning journalist and author Frances Whiting brings her renowned warmth and empathy to this witty and gentle story about bringing out the best in each other. A warm-hearted novel from the author of Walking on Trampolines about music, grief, relationships, gardens, love, laughter and family. Florence Saint Claire is a loner. Albert Flowers is a social butterfly. Good friends who think they know each other.
The first message sent to Tom Thorne's phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead bodies to know that the man was no longer alive. But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the bulletins for a reported death that matches the photograph. Then another picture arrives.