In 1960s Britain, a young boarding school student breaks rules to maintain a friendship with a reclusive teen who lives in a hut by the sea, and after his friend falls ill, learns a dark secret that changes both of their lives.

Architect Lee Morris becomes involved with the Stratton Park racecource and becomes a major player in a dangerous game.

Ian Rutledge returns to his job at Scotland Yard after five years on the battlefield, keeping secret the fact that he is still suffering from shell shock, and almost immediately is sent to investigate the case of a murdered military officer in which the chief suspect is a much-decorated war hero.

Depicts English societal conflicts in the early 20th century, at the end of the Edwardian era.

Judith Dunbar is sent off to boarding school in pre-war England when her parents move to the Orient but she is befriended by the wealthy Loveday Carly-Lewis, spending many happy holidays at the Carly-Lewis estate until World War II erupts and changes all their lives.