A dark and disturbing story with a compelling theme.
Nurse Shona's an unwitting accomplice to a female patient's scheme to take revenge. Immersed in subterfuge and manipulation the effect of this mystery of a dead son unwinds to a family catastrophe.
Shona is an excellent nurse and she's compassionate. This has a direct effect on the track of this mystery. Shona's desire to care for this terminal cancer patient pushes her into a situation where the suspense squeezes so intensely that its effect causes you to take a hard breathe as you relate to this gentle lady's anguish.
Nurses are not prone to brash actions, but Shona's bound by emotional chains, dragged along by a patient's desire for restitution and revenge. In wars, there are no winners and there's no escaping the unfortunate consequences.