Voices in Summer (by Rosamunde Pilcher)

I have loved everything I have read by Rosamunde Pilcher, and have most of her books on my shelves. Re-reading them is always a joy; her characterisation is so good that I usually feel as if I’m slipping into a reunion with old friends. However, I have just re-read ‘Voices in Summer’, which I last read in 2008. And while I liked it very much, I could not remember anything about it.

Indeed, after the first three or four chapters, I could almost have sworn I had never read it before. The story...