A novel of family secrets and intrigue, guarded by the tight-lipped Asta.   Her diaries have now fallen into the hands of her granddaughter Ann, who is determined to uncover the mystery hidden in its pages.   The grandeur of Edwardian London society contrasts with the hard lives led by those below stairs.   Ann discovers from the diaries that the  solution to the mystery which has troubled her family for so long lies very close at hand.