When Helen disappears one night, everyone assumes that she has been drowned in the lake. Thus begins a tangled, touching, sometimes tragic story of love, loss and misunderstanding - the best Maeve Binchy has ever written...When Helen disappears one night, everyone assumes that she has been drowned in the lake. Thus begins a tangled, touching, sometimes tragic story of love, loss and misunderstanding - the best Maeve Binchy has ever written. Originally published: 1994.