Who Was Lost and Is Found: A Novel

In the quiet parish of Eskholm, Mid‑Lothian, lives Mrs James Ogilvy, a respected sixty‑year‑old whose life is woven into the rhythm of the village. Her tidy two‑storey home, set on a gentle hill and surrounded by clipped holly hedges, garden beds of geraniums and lobelias, and the soft murmur of the nearby Esk, offers a picture of calm domesticity. She spends long summer evenings in a garden chair beneath the drawing‑room window, knitting, tending to her modest household, and observing the world with bright, animated eyes.

Beneath this serene surface, the novel hints that the familiar routine may soon be unsettled. Neighbours, ever curious about any change in her affairs, watch as subtle shifts in the landscape and a few unexpected visitors begin to stir the peace Mrs Ogilvy has cultivated. Listeners are drawn into a story that balances gentle nostalgia with the quiet suspense of a life about to be quietly upended.