Eve Forrester escapes a loveless marriage in 1948 and journeys to the French Riviera after a mysterious bequest is left in her name but, while she rubs shoulders with the rich and famous, rivals to her unexplained fortune begin to emerge. Rivals who want her out of the way.
An isolated honey farm is offer as an artists’ colony with free board and ‘life experience’ in exchange for a summer of hard labour but the idyllic summer is soon plagued by ominous events.