Original short fiction by a beloved best-selling author on her best topic relationships. Charming novella from a masterful writer on the power of family secrets. Nan Ryan lives by herself at 14 Chestnut Road. When builders arrive to fix a deserted house next door, everyone expects the worst. But when the handsome workman looks to Nan to help unravel the mystery of the previous residents' disappearance, a strange relationship develops. With family dynamics and crooked developers in the wings, things are about to get very messy...

Maeve Binchy is the author of “Whitethorn Woods, Nights of Rain and Stars, Quentins, Scarlet Feather,” and many other bestselling novels. She lives with her husband, writer Gordon Snell.