Grief is difficult enough when it is pure and simple; it is even more difficult when it is tainted by guilt. Fey O'Brien has been in love with Alec Cusack, a farmer and fisherman, from the moment she moved to the coastal village of Port Dubh. She was in love with him long before her husband died - so much so that she paid no heed to the rumours. Maybe Alec's father killed his mother and then himself; that is, after all, what the inquest decided. Or...