Notes on a scandal

We don´t have secrets, Sheba and I. From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George´s, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara´s loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered having an illicit affair with one of her young pupils, Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba´s chief defender. But all is not as at first it seems in this dark story and, as Sheba will soon discover, a friend can be just as treacherous as any lover.