Noah Laing has unexpectedly inherited an estate he neither wants nor needs. He travels to England intent on disposing of it as swiftly as possible and return to his home in Australia.

It is not simple. There are conditions attached and a sitting tenant he cannot evict.

His stay is further prolonged by fulfilling a promise to a friend.

New knowledge and expeeriences turn his pre-conceived opinions on their head and he is left in turmoil.