James David finds himself in a tiny hamlet in Cornwall, with the intention of spending two weeks gathering information for a book he is currently writing, while living aboard his small yacht. James then decides to extend his two week trip to three weeks when a chance meeting aboard a pleasure cruiser, early in the first week leads to a complex series of circumstances. During the second week of his stay there is an incident that results in damage to his boat. James has to take some temporary accommodation in Gweek while his boat is being repaired at the boatyard in Gweek. He realises, after...