The north Norfolk coast in the autumn of 1917. A restless ghost searches for a means of experiencing physical love again. A teenage girl tries to find her way through the pitfalls of a first emotional encounter. A ruthless woman determines to hold on to her family's estates in the face of all adversity. A soldier is invalided home from the battlefields of France, suffering from amnesia. Add incest, espionage and murder, then look for the answer to the question posed on a suicide's grave. Why Weeps the Willow?