Belle Hatton has embarked upon an exciting life far from home: a glamorous job as a nightclub singer in 1930s Burma with a host of sophisticated friends and admirers. But she is haunted by a mystery from the past - a 25 year old newspaper clipping found in her parents' belongings after their death, saying that the Hattons were leaving Rangoon after the disappearance of their baby daughter, Elvira. A sweeping, breath-taking story of love and betrayal.