Set in Greece during a hedonistic seventies summer, an era when morals were lax and time immaterial, this is perfect holiday reading.
When her bitchy but flaky flatmate. Jessica, sleeps with the man she adores, devious David, Valerie flies to Athens in search of Jean-Michel, a French actor who she had a brief fling with in London who had neglected to mention his wife. Chilling out on a Greek island, Jessica and David suddenly turn up on a yacht so she flees back to Athens where she soaks up the atmosphere of the bars and beaches and becomes embroiled in the lives and intrigues of the diverse characters who surround her.
Jessica reappears, again throwing Valerie's life into disarray with an unlikely explanation for being there, Jean-Michel mysteriously disappears, Valerie is blamed and to complicate matters David re knees his attentions despite the irritating presence of his thick, upper-crust latest conquest. Struggling not to give in to his charms, Valerie's resolve weakens as she tries to extricate herself from the web she seems trapped in......