Sinopsis

The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.

In 1999, the novel was made into a film, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Julianne Moore, Ralph Fiennes Stephen Rea.