Hallam Square: Anna Jacobs

In 1858 Annie Hallam has at last found complete happiness. She has three healthy babies and adores her husband Frederick. After years of struggling to make a living in the small Lancashire town of Bilsden, Annie knows she deserves to sit back and enjoy her life - after all, she`s not yet forty, and still in her prime.

But worries - at first faint clouds on the horizon - are imminent. Frederick has been looking pale and ill lately. Her brother Tom hasn`t moved on after the death of his wife. Rebecca, her half-sister, is longing for something more than her work in the salon. And William, her son, isn`t happy at university. In spite of Frederick`s gentle urging not to take the entire burden of the Gibson family on her shoulders, Annie can`t help feeling concerned.

And something much more dangerous is looming - a threat not only to Annie`s peace of mind, but to her life...