In the Transvaal, in 1900, the British army condemns to death an American mining engineer for aiding and abetting the Boer enemy. The engineer escapes from custody and takes refuge at an isolated Boer farm. When three deserters from the British army arrive on the scene, the engineer takes steps to protect himself and the Boer family.
After a murder is committed in their mansion, eight women suspect each other of the crime.
Maggie has been waiting years and years for the love of her life to return, not really knowing what to do with her life because she just cannot understand why he left. But just when she has started fresh and married a sweet man, her lost love returns.
