Eunice struggles to fit in. When she joins a wealthy family as their housekeeper the very reason for her awkwardness, long hidden and deeply buried, leads inexorably to a terrible tale of murder  - on Valentine’s Day. Ruth Rendell’s brilliant plot unravels a lifetime of deceit, which, when  revealed, brings a shocking revelation almost as grizzly as murder itself.

Led by Director Roy Marsden, best known as an actor for playing PD James’ detective hero Adam Dalgliesh, the cast includes Film, TV and Stage favourite Sophie Ward who played the ill-fated love interest of Young Sherlock Holmes and Dr Helen Trent in Heartbeat, pop-idol Mark Wynter who has featured in seven Agatha Christie Company productions, Deborah Grant, Not Going Out and Bergerac, movie icon Shirley Anne Field who became an overnight star in The Entertainer opposite Sir Laurence Olivier and Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Antony Costa who shot to fame in chart topping boy band Blue and Company stalwart Ben Nealon from ITV’s award winning Soldier Soldier.