But when his wife falls ill she turns her back on conventional medicine and her arid marriage to Ross and seeks help from the world of alternative medicine and a charismatic therapist who promises not just medical salvation.

For Ransome this is the ultimate betrayal. It defies logic and Ross Ransome is a profoundly logical man and, logically, he can see no reason why any man should have his wife when he can’t. It’s all completely rational…