After Kristallnacht in 1938 Doktor Theodore Goldstein, his wife Lisl, and their small son Theo, flee from Berlin, across the North Sea to Edinburgh. There, for more than ten years, they build a new life – a good life. But then a friend from the old days arrives, and they find themselves once again facing ruin and terror. “I have just finished reading your novella and must say that I was totally taken away by it.” Sam Pope “a gripping tale which asks us all how far we would go to protect our families.” Su Lynch