Beryl Foley's life is about to enter a new and exciting phase but she risks jeopardising it all if the secret which she is harbouring is revealed. Her husband's long-running feud with Beet Nyhan, which is escalating at an alarming rate, is only adding to her concerns. Beet and his brother, Doug, have other issues on their minds; not least the long-unanswered question of what happened to their father, Jack, who disappeared from their lives over forty years earlier. Piecing together the puzzle reveals much more than Doug bargained for; and can he ever tell his volatile brother the entire story? Beryl and Doug are not the only ones in Padbury with secrets - their friends and neighbours are skirting around each other with financial problems, health scares, clandestine meetings, and employment worries. And in the dead of night while the neighbourhood sleeps, Padbury's own Walter Mitty, James Mortimer, prowls the land digging for treasure. Drama unfolds and tensions escalate in this small suburban town. Can a series of surprising gestures from unexpected sources restore harmony before family ties and friendships are strained to breaking point?