"The nightmare was one [rom which 1 could not waken. I was caught upon a chessboard, a helpless pawn in a game of life and death, and the green rook was hunting me. That tall rook of green-black yew who had it in his power to destroy the king and end the game . , . The acknowledged American master of romantic suspense surpassed herself in this deadly game of terror played out against the contrasting back- grounds of a traditional English estate and the modern gaming rooms of the new London. When Eve North returns to Athmore after three years separation from her husband Justin, she finds the great estate-and Justin himself-vastly changed. Eve too has changed. She knows now the mistakes she made in her marriage in the past, and she now dares to win back the love of her own husband. Like another Eve, she wanders into the gardens of Athmore, unsuspecting.