I THREW THE PIECE OF PAPER ON THE FIRE. SHE SAW IT BURN . . . ORPHANED AT AN EARLY AGE, PHILIP ASHLEY IS RAISED BY HIS BENEVOLENT OLDER COUSIN, AMBROSE. RESOLUTELY SINGLE, AMBROSE DELIGHTS IN PHILIP AS HIS HEIR, A MAN WHO WILL LOVE HIS GRAND HOME AS MUCH AS HE DOES HIMSELF. BUT THE COSY WORLD THE TWO CONSTRUCT IS SHATTERED WHEN AMBROSE SETS OFF ON A TRIP TO FLORENCE. THERE HE FALLS IN LOVE AND MARRIES - AND THERE HE DIES SUDDENLY. IN ALMOST NO TIME AT ALL, THE NEW WIDOW - PHILIP S COUSIN RACHEL - TURNS UP IN ENGLAND. DESPITE HIMSELF, PHILIP IS DRAWN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL, SOPHISTICATED, MYSTERIOUS WOMAN LIKE A MOTH TO THE FLAME. AND YET . . . MIGHT SHE HAVE HAD A HAND IN AMBROSE S DEATH....235023662351 2325233323672344 23522375235823752354 23612368 23272379235923812335 231023612375 232723702338, 23092344236623252354234423682351 231023392367 231023252352238123592325 230923582366 23602381234023812352236823302368 231023392367 2340238123512366 234223792344 2311230623272381235423672358 23502366