Nearly twenty years have passed since Mara Dunnβs sister Bedie, an orchid enthusiast, disappeared while on a hiking holiday in southwestern France. Mara remains determined to find out what happenedβbut her only real clue is a sequence of wild orchids, including a mysterious, previously unknown Ladyβs Slipper, captured on a roll of film found in Bedieβs long-lost camera. With the help of Julian Wood, a reclusive English botanist, Mara begins her search . . . stumbling into decadesβ worth of local secrets and putting herself in danger.