Helen Strangers was a fine-looking woman in her mid-thirties. A woman of independent means, she lived in some style in a large Edwardian country house set in its own grounds. Inside the house was exquisitely furnished, and she was served by a cook-cum-housekeeper, the taciturn Miss Pring, and the handyman-cum-gardener Allan.
When Darren’s father got the Consul’s job, Helen offered to look after her nephew. It seemed the ideal arrangement since Helen lived not far from Darren’s exclusive private school and already saw the boy on a regular basis. Above all