Sometimes, the only enemy a man has is his own …

Jed Parks, Bernard Paltoquet’s new gardener, has an unusual psychic gift: he can see people’s auras. A black aura is a death sentence. He also has a guilty secret.

Having helped to cover up two murders, he lives in fear his past will come back to haunt him. Thus, when Lady Mountjoy, his former employer and lover, turns up telling him he is the father of her son, he is torn between his old life and his new.

Bernard and his friend Robbie become involved in Jed’s plight, but they are powerless to prevent the tragedy which follows…