In 1967, Elaine inherits her wealthy estranged uncle's estate in Maze Hill, London. Elaine, a young teacher recently fired, decides to embrace this opportunity to take a break. The house, appearing synonymous to a castle, is older than most know, built by a Lord a long time ago, abandoned after a tragic incident. With 6 bedrooms, library, day room, winter and summer gardens, attic and a cellar, standing tall and inviting in the middle of an urban woodland and yet no creature crosses into its territory. None except Hugh, a strange but kind ruggedly handsome man. But is his kindness only a game? Is Elaine safe in his hands, tucked away in the grand house? Are these nightmares only dreams? Is Elaine safe in the bosom of Maze Hill House?
Ten years after the papers reported the goings on at Allerdale Hall, father buys the old manor to be my first home.
But odd happenings have been going on at Allerdale Hall, perhaps there's more to the mysterious quitting of scaffolders and builders than father is willing to let on.