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Ian Jarrett, a photographer assigned to Vienna, falls in love with Marian Esguard, only to find her missing when he meets her in England. While investigating her disappearance, he discovers a Dorset churchyard where graves of the Esguards rest and encounters Daphne Sanger, a psychotherapist searching for a patient who believes she is the reincarnation of a Regency‑era woman named Marion Esguard who may have invented photography before Fox Talbot. As Ian pieces together clues spanning centuries, he faces a lurking danger and a twist that turns the investigative narrative toward a deeper mystery of history and identity.
First publish date: October 1, 2001
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Robert Goddard
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