The artist Edward Radcliffe bought Birchwood Manor in the early 1860s. He was convinced the house had saved him many years ago when he needed a refuge. In the summer of 1862 he invites a group of his artist friends to stay whilst they get ready for an art exhibition. His muse Lily Middleton also attends. One afternoon the Radcliffe Blue, a large gemstone, goes missing, Lily disappears and someone is shot.
Archivist Elodie Winslow finds a picture of a house in a satchel which reminds her of a story she was told as a child by her mother. She decides to visit the house which having been a school and an artist retreat is now open a few days a week as a museum. Her uncle had lived in the house during the war. There seems to be a family connection with the information she is archiving.
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