Different people react to disasters in different ways. When an intercity service travelling from Kent to London joins Paddington, Hatfield and Selby in a deadly list of notoriety, it isn't only fate that decides who is killed: one passenger uses the opportunity for argument to spill over into murder; while another - blonde, beautiful Amy Petty - sees the train crash as an opportunity to leave her life behind.But why would Amy Petty want the world to presume her dead? Is it because of her husband, currently embroiled in a libel action against a national newspaper? Douglas Petty, a former barrister, is rich, charismatic and evil tempered: he runs a dog sanctuary - inherited from his father - in his brutally eccentric manner. Amy was to be his star witness: without her, his reputation faces ruin.Or maybe it isn't the present the Amy is running from. Maybe it is the past from which she cannot escape. Read Less